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 2026-09-25T03:08:18Z in 0.177 seconds.

total:

page:

size:

items:

10 results

id:
4c83b9a4a08f16bf9e54bbef97699080
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2024082380001_005
title:
Tidsskriftet sykepleien (1995 : trykt utg.) : organ for Norsk sykepleierforbund. 2008 Vol. 96 Nr. 15
creators:
1 results
1. Norsk sykepleierforbund
year:
2008
publisher:
Norsk sykepleierforbund
media_types:
1 results
1. tidsskrift
languages:
1 results
1. nob
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_digitidsskrift_2024082380001_005_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/4c83b9a4a08f16bf9e54bbef97699080
id:
58a5d0a8ecfc309aadcc45d0b73c5061
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2022062880023_009
title:
Kjemi : prosjekt, prosess, produkt. 1978 Vol. 38 Nr. 9
creators:
3 results
1. Norsk kjemisk selskap
2. Norske sivilingeniørers forening
3. Norges ingeniørorganisasjon - NITO
year:
1978
publisher:
Media Oslo
media_types:
1 results
1. tidsskrift
languages:
3 results
1. eng
2. nob
3. mul
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_digitidsskrift_2022062880023_009_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/58a5d0a8ecfc309aadcc45d0b73c5061
id:
8fde48fae8328d948fe06901405e8ec6
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2024031280068_001
title:
Den Nordiske energihåndboken .... 2007
creators:
1 results
1. Montel
year:
2007
publisher:
Power Media Invest i samarbeid med Montel
media_types:
1 results
1. tidsskrift
languages:
5 results
1. eng
2. dan
3. nob
4. swe
5. mul
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_digitidsskrift_2024031280068_001_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/8fde48fae8328d948fe06901405e8ec6
id:
558fc73f7f028dc2e863dc50029ba633
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_aftenposten_morgen_1_20111013_152_395_2
title:
Aftenposten
creators:
not reported by source
year:
20111013
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:
LIBRARY
thumbnail:
https://www.nb.no/services/image/resolver/URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_aftenposten_morgen_1_20111013_152_395_2-1_001_foersteside/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/558fc73f7f028dc2e863dc50029ba633
id:
5fef65667b1d2388775a5228863b4ed2
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_ostlandsposten_null_null_20030605_122_126_1
title:
Østlands-Posten
creators:
not reported by source
year:
20030605
publisher:
not reported by source
media_types:
1 results
1. aviser
languages:
1 results
1. Norsk bokmål
county:
Vestfold
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_ostlandsposten_null_null_20030605_122_126_1-1_001_null/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/5fef65667b1d2388775a5228863b4ed2
id:
a881a64f34e113c8d48e1b4725993003
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_aftenposten_null_null_20030822_144_383_1
title:
Aftenposten
creators:
not reported by source
year:
20030822
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:
LIBRARY
thumbnail:
https://www.nb.no/services/image/resolver/URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_aftenposten_null_null_20030822_144_383_1-1_001_null/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/a881a64f34e113c8d48e1b4725993003
id:
3feafa9920f7e9599fe71f833771eb1b
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_aftenposten_morgen_1_20111006_152_385_1
title:
Aftenposten
creators:
not reported by source
year:
20111006
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:
LIBRARY
thumbnail:
https://www.nb.no/services/image/resolver/URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_aftenposten_morgen_1_20111006_152_385_1-1_001_foersteside/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/3feafa9920f7e9599fe71f833771eb1b
id:
fb23b6a40db5920a70681edc1dcbc0b3
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_aftenposten_null_null_20030820_144_379_1
title:
Aftenposten
creators:
not reported by source
year:
20030820
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:
LIBRARY
thumbnail:
https://www.nb.no/services/image/resolver/URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_aftenposten_null_null_20030820_144_379_1-1_001_null/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/fb23b6a40db5920a70681edc1dcbc0b3
id:
cd344b32932039f0e62185ff286cf7fd
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_aftenposten_morgen_1_20111013_152_395_1
title:
Aftenposten
creators:
not reported by source
year:
20111013
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:
LIBRARY
thumbnail:
https://www.nb.no/services/image/resolver/URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_aftenposten_morgen_1_20111013_152_395_1-1_001_foersteside/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/cd344b32932039f0e62185ff286cf7fd
id:
1241710c96853f53a1f974fb3b8681b8
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2025082280019_009
title:
Fagbladet CreditInform. 2011 Vol. 22 Nr. 9
creators:
2 results
1. Creditinform
2. Experian
year:
2011
publisher:
Experian
media_types:
1 results
1. tidsskrift
languages:
1 results
1. nob
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_digitidsskrift_2025082280019_009_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/1241710c96853f53a1f974fb3b8681b8

limit:

offset:

returned:

has_more_results:

yes

truncated:

yes

next_offset:

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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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