search

Search the National Library's catalog - books, newspapers, journals, photos, maps, music, manuscripts, radio/TV and more, both physical and digitized. Digitized text (OCR) is matched too by default, so a query can surface newspaper or book pages that mention a term even when it's not in the title.

Direct GET

For navigating agents: open the HTML page with parameters in the URL. The result is fetched and displayed without screenshots or form filling.

Open this validated HTML GET URL

https://allemannsdata.com/wiki/kilder/nasjonalbiblioteket/search/?q={q}&media_type={media_type}&language={language}&county={county}&year_from={year_from}&year_to={year_to}&digital_only=false&sort={sort}&page=0&size=10&limit=25&offset=0

Replace {q}, {media_type}, {language}, {county}, {year_from}, {year_to}, {digital_only}, {sort}, {page}, {size} with values. Remove unused optional parameters from the URL.

For software and dashboards: Read the operation descriptor. The JSON GET template is https://allemannsdata.com/wiki/api/v1/kilder/nasjonalbiblioteket/search?q={q}&media_type={media_type}&language={language}&county={county}&year_from={year_from}&year_to={year_to}&digital_only=false&sort={sort}&page=0&size=10&limit=25&offset=0. Open this exact request as JSON.

Parameter	Requirement	JSON type	Description
`q`	required	string	Free-text query. Supports field-restricted terms too, e.g. "subject:fiske year:1970" combined with free text.
`media_type`	optional	union	Restrict to one type, e.g. aviser (newspapers), bøker (books), tidsskrift (journals), bilder (photos), musikk, kart (maps), film, plakater (posters), noter (sheet music), radio, fjernsyn. See get_aggregations(q="*", group_by="mediatype") for the full list with counts.
`language`	optional	union	Language filter - values are inconsistent in the catalog (mixes codes like "nob" and labels like "Norsk bokmål"); check get_aggregations(q=q, group_by="languages") first if unsure.
`county`	optional	union	Norwegian county name, e.g. "Troms", "Oslo".
`year_from`	optional	union	Restrict to items published/issued in this year range (inclusive).
`year_to`	optional	union	Restrict to items published/issued in this year range (inclusive).
`digital_only`	optional	boolean	Only items that have been digitized.
`sort`	optional	union	One of date, title, otherid, firstDigitalContentTime, optionally suffixed ",desc" (default: relevance).
`page`	optional	integer	Zero-based page index.
`size`	optional	integer	Results per page, 1 to 100 (default 10).
`limit`	optional	integer	Gateway page size; default 25, maximum 100.
`offset`	optional	integer	Number of list items to skip; default 0.

Generated JavaScript, Python and response structure

Use JSON when the user requests code, machine-readable data, value extraction or further computation. Use the HTML GET page to identify the correct source and verify parameters.

Example for generated JavaScript and Python

https://allemannsdata.com/wiki/api/v1/kilder/nasjonalbiblioteket/search?q={q}&media_type={media_type}&language={language}&county={county}&year_from={year_from}&year_to={year_to}&digital_only=false&sort={sort}&page=0&size=10&limit=25&offset=0

Replace URL placeholders and remove unused optional parameters.

JavaScript in a dashboard

const url = "https://allemannsdata.com/wiki/api/v1/kilder/nasjonalbiblioteket/search?q={q}&media_type={media_type}&language={language}&county={county}&year_from={year_from}&year_to={year_to}&digital_only=false&sort={sort}&page=0&size=10&limit=25&offset=0";
const response = await fetch(url);
if (!response.ok) {
  const failure = await response.json();
  throw new Error(`${failure.error.code}: ${failure.error.message} ${failure.suggestion}`);
}
const result = await response.json();
const data = result.data;

Python without additional packages

import json
from urllib.request import urlopen

url = "https://allemannsdata.com/wiki/api/v1/kilder/nasjonalbiblioteket/search?q={q}&media_type={media_type}&language={language}&county={county}&year_from={year_from}&year_to={year_to}&digital_only=false&sort={sort}&page=0&size=10&limit=25&offset=0"
with urlopen(url) as response:
    result = json.load(response)
data = result["data"]

Response structure

{
  "source": "nasjonalbiblioteket",
  "operation": "search",
  "parameters": {},
  "data": {},
  "entities": [],
  "_meta": {"retrieved_at": "...", "sources": [], "cache": {}},
  "_links": {"self": "...", "source": "...", "wiki": "..."}
}

Form for manual use

The form is a fallback for people and browser agents that cannot open the GET URL directly.

q (required) Type: string. Free-text query. Supports field-restricted terms too, e.g. "subject:fiske year:1970" combined with free text.

media_type Type: string. Restrict to one type, e.g. aviser (newspapers), bøker (books), tidsskrift (journals), bilder (photos), musikk, kart (maps), film, plakater (posters), noter (sheet music), radio, fjernsyn. See get_aggregations(q="*", group_by="mediatype") for the full list with counts.

language Type: string. Language filter - values are inconsistent in the catalog (mixes codes like "nob" and labels like "Norsk bokmål"); check get_aggregations(q=q, group_by="languages") first if unsure.

county Type: string. Norwegian county name, e.g. "Troms", "Oslo".

year_from Type: integer. Restrict to items published/issued in this year range (inclusive).

year_to Type: integer. Restrict to items published/issued in this year range (inclusive).

digital_only Type: yes/no. Only items that have been digitized.

sort Type: string. One of date, title, otherid, firstDigitalContentTime, optionally suffixed ",desc" (default: relevance).

page Type: integer. Zero-based page index.

size Type: integer. Results per page, 1 to 100 (default 10).

Result

Source: National Library of Norway. Retrieved 2026-08-02T17:49:52Z in 0.283 seconds.

total:

3340

page:

size:

items:

10 results

id:
607db8ba31121c55ca25f3f0d08307fb
urn:
not reported by source
title:
Jina porsor : helgirê xelatê nobil
creators:
1 results
1. Pamuk, Orhan
year:
2020
publisher:
Pertûkxaneyên gişty
media_types:
1 results
1. bøker
languages:
1 results
1. kmr
county:
not reported by source
digital:
no
public_domain:
no
license:
copyrighted
viewability:
NONE
access_allowed_from:
NB
thumbnail:
not reported by source
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/607db8ba31121c55ca25f3f0d08307fb
id:
997ca0b743922b693d089e74713ce84a
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2022020499028
title:
Jina porsor : helgirê xelatê nobil
creators:
1 results
1. Pamuk, Orhan
year:
2020
publisher:
Pertûkxaneyên gişty
media_types:
1 results
1. bøker
languages:
1 results
1. kmr
county:
not reported by source
digital:
yes
public_domain:
no
license:
copyrighted
viewability:
NONE
access_allowed_from:
NB
thumbnail:
https://www.nb.no/services/image/resolver/URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2022020499028_C1/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/997ca0b743922b693d089e74713ce84a
id:
f0292feb2f07c7a0ceecf435feef9e43
urn:
not reported by source
title:
Alma grande e nobil core : K578
creators:
4 results
1. Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
2. Szell, George
3. Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth
4. London Symphony Orchestra
year:
2011
publisher:
not reported by source
media_types:
1 results
1. musikk
languages:
1 results
1. ita
county:
not reported by source
digital:
no
public_domain:
no
license:
copyrighted
viewability:
NONE
access_allowed_from:
NB
thumbnail:
not reported by source
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/f0292feb2f07c7a0ceecf435feef9e43
id:
0cabfbe56a0b256e2074d28795d999b8
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2017040499082
title:
Nobil an'ām yaftah adīb Octavio Paz : adabī aur tanqīdī muṭāli'ah
creators:
not reported by source
year:
2015
publisher:
City book point
media_types:
1 results
1. bøker
languages:
1 results
1. urd
county:
not reported by source
digital:
yes
public_domain:
no
license:
copyrighted
viewability:
NONE
access_allowed_from:
NB
thumbnail:
https://www.nb.no/services/image/resolver/URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2017040499082_C3/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/0cabfbe56a0b256e2074d28795d999b8
id:
a25ef235ca96282bae74079793e6aee4
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digimanus_293770
title:
Ms.4° 1187 Gustav Storms avskrift av Cod. Vat. Lat. 3256, fol. 42-56 (" Lo libro del naufragio del nobil miser Piero Querini").
creators:
not reported by source
year:
not reported by source
publisher:
not reported by source
media_types:
1 results
1. privatarkivmateriale
languages:
No results.
county:
not reported by source
digital:
yes
public_domain:
no
license:
ccbyncnd
viewability:
ALL
access_allowed_from:
EVERYWHERE
thumbnail:
https://www.nb.no/services/image/resolver/URN:NBN:no-nb_digimanus_293770_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/a25ef235ca96282bae74079793e6aee4
id:
9ab60abc7a244d8b5c932f9b1893af25
urn:
not reported by source
title:
Statuti del nobil colleggio delli spetiali ... Tanto de' consoli appartenenti al ministrare giustitia ... quanto de' guardiani, appartenenti al governo della chiesa, et ospedale di S. Lorenzo in Miranda
creators:
2 results
1. Ospedale di S. Lorenzo in Miranda
2. Colleggio delli Spetiali (Rome, Italy).
year:
1607
publisher:
>Stamperia Camerale
media_types:
1 results
1. bøker
languages:
1 results
1. ita
county:
not reported by source
digital:
no
public_domain:
no
license:
copyrighted
viewability:
NONE
access_allowed_from:
NB
thumbnail:
not reported by source
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/9ab60abc7a244d8b5c932f9b1893af25
id:
39f5d56950b1618281c8c9fdd9ca1ed6
urn:
not reported by source
title:
Heronis ab Inthiema, ICti. Q. Frisiaco-Nassoviani exercitus censoris militaris circa gentilitias familiarum domos, earum(que) appendentes prærogativas masculas ... Disquisitio iuriduca, ortu suo producta. Ex cavsa ... D. Georgii à Lyauckema ... contra nobil. Camsteranos à senatv Frisiorum Provincilali .
creators:
1 results
1. Inthiema, Hero ab
year:
1619
publisher:
Abraham van den Rade, 1605-1620
media_types:
1 results
1. bøker
languages:
1 results
1. lat
county:
not reported by source
digital:
no
public_domain:
no
license:
copyrighted
viewability:
NONE
access_allowed_from:
NB
thumbnail:
not reported by source
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/39f5d56950b1618281c8c9fdd9ca1ed6
id:
74e2420007152e4247e56784ecae6eec
urn:
not reported by source
title:
Il Goffredo, ouero La Gierusalemme liberata, del Tasso, col commento del Beni. Doue non solamente si dichiara questo nobil poema, e si risoluono vari dubbi e molte oppositioni, con spiegarsi le sue vaghe imitationi, & insomma l'artificio tutto di parte in parte; ma ancora si paragona con Homero e Virgilio, ... Al serenissimo e generosissimo don Ferdinando Gonzaga .
creators:
1 results
1. Tasso, Torquato
year:
1616
publisher:
[s.n.]
media_types:
1 results
1. bøker
languages:
1 results
1. ita
county:
not reported by source
digital:
no
public_domain:
no
license:
copyrighted
viewability:
NONE
access_allowed_from:
NB
thumbnail:
not reported by source
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/74e2420007152e4247e56784ecae6eec
id:
f8609fa2e6016fb6cc3ce3c1c0946242
urn:
not reported by source
title:
Le operazioni del compasso geometrico et militare
creators:
2 results
1. Galilei, Galileo
2. Frambotto, Paolo
year:
1640
publisher:
Per P. Frambotto
media_types:
1 results
1. bøker
languages:
1 results
1. ita
county:
not reported by source
digital:
no
public_domain:
no
license:
copyrighted
viewability:
NONE
access_allowed_from:
NB
thumbnail:
not reported by source
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/f8609fa2e6016fb6cc3ce3c1c0946242
id:
000ebab3f329f674ebe122188a2f1d69
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_finansavisen_null_null_20231122_32_272_1
title:
Finansavisen
creators:
not reported by source
year:
20231122
publisher:
not reported by source
media_types:
1 results
1. aviser
languages:
1 results
1. Norsk bokmål
county:
Oslo
digital:
yes
public_domain:
no
license:
copyrighted
viewability:
NONE
access_allowed_from:
NB
thumbnail:
https://www.nb.no/services/image/resolver/URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_finansavisen_null_null_20231122_32_272_1-1_001_hovedavis/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/000ebab3f329f674ebe122188a2f1d69

limit:

offset:

returned:

has_more_results:

yes

truncated:

yes

next_offset:

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How an AI agent should use this page

Ground rule: Navigate with HTML GET links to keep explanations and relationships. Use the page's JSON alternative only when concrete values must be extracted, compared or computed.

How to use the search lookup

Replace the placeholders in the HTML GET template; remove optional parameters you do not need.
Check types, units, limits and ID formats in the parameter table.
Follow linked results to canonical pages before combining sources.

Misreading to avoid: An empty list means "no results for this lookup". An error message or unavailable source does not mean the data does not exist.

Source-specific next step

Go to the source page for other operations. Use the JSON template only after the HTML result shows that the parameters and source are correct.

AI agent? Read the complete navigation and programming guide.