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.

Signature: search(q: string, required; media_type: string, optional, default None; language: string, optional, default None; county: string, optional, default None; year_from: integer, optional, default None; year_to: integer, optional, default None; digital_only: yes/no, optional, default False; sort: string, optional, default None; page: integer, optional, default 0; size: integer, optional, default 10; limit: integer, items, optional, default 25; offset: integer, items, optional, default 0)

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": "...", "feedback": "..."}
}

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 2026-09-27T17:43:14Z in 0.174 seconds.

total:

9277

page:

size:

items:

10 results

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1088eac69d3ed6097a8033ab12e82fc0
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_lindesnes_null_null_19891117_101_267_1
title:
Lindesnes
creators:
not reported by source
year:
19891117
publisher:
not reported by source
media_types:
1 results
1. aviser
languages:
1 results
1. Norsk bokmål
county:
Agder
digital:
yes
public_domain:
no
license:
ccbyncnd
viewability:
ALL
access_allowed_from:
EVERYWHERE
thumbnail:
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viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/1088eac69d3ed6097a8033ab12e82fc0
id:
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urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_lindesnes_null_null_20060128_118_24_1
title:
Lindesnes
creators:
not reported by source
year:
20060128
publisher:
not reported by source
media_types:
1 results
1. aviser
languages:
1 results
1. Norsk bokmål
county:
Agder
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_digavis_lindesnes_null_null_20060128_118_24_1-1_001_null/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/68d1f514ea2f74e82dc5b113605df1ed
id:
c4283527fbc10d631d60a967f4090c0b
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2021042883041_001
title:
Norsk skyttertidende (Christiania : 1882 : trykt utg.) : organ for Det frivillige skyttervesen og Norges skiskytterforbund. 1997 Vol. 112 Nr. 8b
creators:
2 results
1. Det Frivillige skyttervesen
2. Norges skiskytterforbund
year:
1997
publisher:
Det frivillige skyttervesen
media_types:
1 results
1. tidsskrift
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county:
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digital:
yes
public_domain:
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license:
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viewability:
ALL
access_allowed_from:
EVERYWHERE
thumbnail:
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viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/c4283527fbc10d631d60a967f4090c0b
id:
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urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_lindesnes_null_null_19761104_88_256_1
title:
Lindesnes
creators:
not reported by source
year:
19761104
publisher:
not reported by source
media_types:
1 results
1. aviser
languages:
1 results
1. Norsk bokmål
county:
Agder
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_digavis_lindesnes_null_null_19761104_88_256_1-1_001_null/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/e90d6db2d3ca4728955aeb0f19f705ec
id:
0b92f392bfd421e9663f4e67c98df0f7
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2013112738027
title:
Sør-Audnedal bygdebok. 2 : Gard og ætt
creators:
1 results
1. Vigeland, Nils P.
year:
1970
publisher:
Sør-Audnedal bygdesogelag
media_types:
1 results
1. bøker
languages:
1 results
1. nno
county:
Agder
digital:
yes
public_domain:
no
license:
bokhylla
viewability:
NONE
access_allowed_from:
NORWAY
thumbnail:
https://www.nb.no/services/image/resolver/URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2013112738027_C1/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/0b92f392bfd421e9663f4e67c98df0f7
id:
7eb36c79c30156eff705037094e74b16
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_kristianssandsstiftsavisog_null_null_18581110_20_89_1
title:
Kristianssands Stiftsavis og Adresse-Contors Efterretninger
creators:
not reported by source
year:
18581110
publisher:
not reported by source
media_types:
1 results
1. aviser
languages:
1 results
1. Norsk bokmål
county:
Agder
digital:
yes
public_domain:
yes
license:
publicdomain
viewability:
ALL
access_allowed_from:
EVERYWHERE
thumbnail:
https://www.nb.no/services/image/resolver/URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_kristianssandsstiftsavisog_null_null_18581110_20_89_1-1_001_null/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/7eb36c79c30156eff705037094e74b16
id:
fb757ba20faa2b9125cd7eeedbc9683f
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_lindesnes_null_null_19301208_42_143_1
title:
Lindesnes
creators:
not reported by source
year:
19301208
publisher:
not reported by source
media_types:
1 results
1. aviser
languages:
1 results
1. Norsk bokmål
county:
Agder
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_digavis_lindesnes_null_null_19301208_42_143_1-1_001_null/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
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urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_lindesnes_null_null_19990407_111_78_1
title:
Lindesnes
creators:
not reported by source
year:
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publisher:
not reported by source
media_types:
1 results
1. aviser
languages:
1 results
1. Norsk bokmål
county:
Agder
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_digavis_lindesnes_null_null_19990407_111_78_1-1_001_null/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/685be44009619fa9ac79c1dd46470a19
id:
38023a288cf5361ae376ef585e104e6a
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2021021983320_001
title:
Norsk skyttertidende (Christiania : 1882 : trykt utg.) : organ for Det frivillige skyttervesen og Norges skiskytterforbund. 1997 Vol. 112 Nr. 7
creators:
2 results
1. Det Frivillige skyttervesen
2. Norges skiskytterforbund
year:
1997
publisher:
Det frivillige skyttervesen
media_types:
1 results
1. tidsskrift
languages:
1 results
1. nob
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_digitidsskrift_2021021983320_001_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/38023a288cf5361ae376ef585e104e6a
id:
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urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_lindesnes_null_null_20050803_117_176_1
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Lindesnes
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not reported by source
year:
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publisher:
not reported by source
media_types:
1 results
1. aviser
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1 results
1. Norsk bokmål
county:
Agder
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_digavis_lindesnes_null_null_20050803_117_176_1-1_001_null/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
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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.

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