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 2026-09-23T20:03:06Z in 0.498 seconds.

total:

49604

page:

size:

items:

10 results

id:
bccaf559375178de3711638fa26552da
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2016082308172
title:
Innstilling fra Prosjektgruppen for utarbeiding av restaureringsplan for festningsverkene i Fredrikstad
creators:
1 results
1. Prosjektgruppen for utarbeiding av restaureringsplan for festningsverkene i Fredrikstad
year:
1987
publisher:
[Fredrikstad kommandantselskap]
media_types:
1 results
1. bøker
languages:
1 results
1. nob
county:
not reported by source
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_2016082308172_C1/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/bccaf559375178de3711638fa26552da
id:
3575719058886885a066f945fec55dc4
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2016092008189
title:
Speiding mot århundreskiftet : rapport fra prosjektgruppen
creators:
2 results
1. Knutsen, Aud Mork
2. Norges speiderforbund
year:
1989
publisher:
[Norges speiderforbund]
media_types:
1 results
1. bøker
languages:
1 results
1. nob
county:
not reported by source
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_2016092008189_C1/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/3575719058886885a066f945fec55dc4
id:
487be29a5008cd27217ae6ebac545324
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2013120206057
title:
Lokalisering og organisering av akvakulturforskning i Nordland
creators:
1 results
1. Prosjektgruppen for akvakulturforskning i Nordland
year:
1985
publisher:
not reported by source
media_types:
1 results
1. bøker
languages:
1 results
1. nob
county:
not reported by source
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_2013120206057_C1/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/487be29a5008cd27217ae6ebac545324
id:
3ef9a69e8762d2e454034ce7009004bf
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2013121006011
title:
Sektor 2014 : ny institusjonell sektorgruppering : rapport fra prosjektgruppen
creators:
not reported by source
year:
2012
publisher:
Statistisk sentralbyrå
media_types:
1 results
1. bøker
languages:
1 results
1. nob
county:
not reported by source
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_digibok_2013121006011_C1/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/3ef9a69e8762d2e454034ce7009004bf
id:
f8e682c9f11079a28ca77ccf05fc2dc1
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2012072408001
title:
Oslo samferdselsplan 1980-90 ; del 1-2 : Sammendrag
creators:
1 results
1. Oslo Prosjektgruppen for samferdsel
year:
1979
publisher:
Kommunen
media_types:
1 results
1. bøker
languages:
1 results
1. nob
county:
not reported by source
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_2012072408001_C1/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/f8e682c9f11079a28ca77ccf05fc2dc1
id:
eca3ea27853435954d452b85ed76ea96
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2011070806161
title:
Kvalitetsarbeid knyttet til kvartalsvis nasjonalregnskap (KNR) : rapport fra prosjektgruppen
creators:
1 results
1. Evensen, Trude Nygård
year:
2004
publisher:
Statistisk sentralbyrå, Avdeling for økonomisk statistikk/Seksjon for nasjonalregnskap
media_types:
1 results
1. bøker
languages:
1 results
1. nob
county:
not reported by source
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_digibok_2011070806161_C1/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/eca3ea27853435954d452b85ed76ea96
id:
9a8ee5e85dd5eb56c3d02b8de208cb2d
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2018042348051
title:
Medisinsk teknisk forskningssenter i Trondheim : MTFS AS og Vangslund AS
creators:
2 results
1. Syversen, Tore
2. Vangslund AS
year:
2014
publisher:
Vangslund AS
media_types:
1 results
1. bøker
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_digibok_2018042348051_C1/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/9a8ee5e85dd5eb56c3d02b8de208cb2d
id:
27c9075cd76c92c0a27ac87b356e9ade
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2008082900023
title:
Erfaringer med fjernarbeid i norske bedrifter : en rapport fra prosjektgruppen
creators:
2 results
1. Nasjonale informasjonsnettverk (program)
2. Fjernarbeid/telependling (prosjekt)
year:
1998
publisher:
Norges forskningsråd
media_types:
1 results
1. bøker
languages:
1 results
1. nob
county:
not reported by source
digital:
yes
public_domain:
no
license:
copyrighted
viewability:
ALL
access_allowed_from:
EVERYWHERE
thumbnail:
https://www.nb.no/services/image/resolver/URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2008082900023_C1/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/27c9075cd76c92c0a27ac87b356e9ade
id:
8a56fa8e19124fdfa561e659a5819bff
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2015061708083
title:
Konkurransedyktige eksportbedrifter : Permaform Norge AS : boligbygging i Tyskland
creators:
2 results
1. Espe, Georg Johan
2. Konkurransedyktige eksportbedrifter (prosjekt)
year:
1995
publisher:
Stiftelsen for samfunns- og næringslivsforskning
media_types:
1 results
1. bøker
languages:
1 results
1. nob
county:
not reported by source
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_2015061708083_C1/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/8a56fa8e19124fdfa561e659a5819bff
id:
b5d6b25436f34faa6180b39616a2acc6
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2012070305075
title:
Oljenæringen - dokumentasjon av kilder, beregninger mv. (SKA-prosjekt) : rapport fra prosjektgruppen
creators:
1 results
1. Evensen, Trude Nygård
year:
2006
publisher:
not reported by source
media_types:
1 results
1. bøker
languages:
1 results
1. nob
county:
not reported by source
digital:
yes
public_domain:
no
license:
copyrighted
viewability:
ALL
access_allowed_from:
EVERYWHERE
thumbnail:
https://www.nb.no/services/image/resolver/URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2012070305075_C1/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/b5d6b25436f34faa6180b39616a2acc6

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.

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