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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.

ParameterRequirementJSON typeDescription
qrequiredstringFree-text query. Supports field-restricted terms too, e.g. "subject:fiske year:1970" combined with free text.
media_typeoptionalunionRestrict 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.
languageoptionalunionLanguage 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.
countyoptionalunionNorwegian county name, e.g. "Troms", "Oslo".
year_fromoptionalunionRestrict to items published/issued in this year range (inclusive).
year_tooptionalunionRestrict to items published/issued in this year range (inclusive).
digital_onlyoptionalbooleanOnly items that have been digitized.
sortoptionalunionOne of date, title, otherid, firstDigitalContentTime, optionally suffixed ",desc" (default: relevance).
pageoptionalintegerZero-based page index.
sizeoptionalintegerResults per page, 1 to 100 (default 10).
limitoptionalintegerGateway page size; default 25, maximum 100.
offsetoptionalintegerNumber 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.

Type: string. Free-text query. Supports field-restricted terms too, e.g. "subject:fiske year:1970" combined with free text.
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.
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.
Type: string. Norwegian county name, e.g. "Troms", "Oslo".
Type: integer. Restrict to items published/issued in this year range (inclusive).
Type: integer. Restrict to items published/issued in this year range (inclusive).
Type: yes/no. Only items that have been digitized.
Type: string. One of date, title, otherid, firstDigitalContentTime, optionally suffixed ",desc" (default: relevance).
Type: integer. Zero-based page index.
Type: integer. Results per page, 1 to 100 (default 10).

Result

Source: National Library of Norway. Retrieved 2026-09-23T16:23:28Z in 0.184 seconds.

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62
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0
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10
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10 results

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    urn:
    URN:NBN:no-nb_plikttidsskrift_81c5aad4-b5f2-4d8a-8217-e9d70671d008
    title:
    Tennis Norge (trykt). Sommer 2021
    creators:

    1 results

    1. Northern Vision
    year:
    2021
    publisher:
    Northern Vision
    media_types:

    1 results

    1. tidsskrift
    languages:

    1 results

    1. nob
    county:
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    digital:
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    viewability:
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    thumbnail:
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    viewer_url:
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    urn:
    URN:NBN:no-nb_plikttidsskrift_a7ddc617-b8de-4c76-b6a9-d4de16996598
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    Tennis Norge (trykt). Høst 2021
    creators:

    1 results

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    1 results

    1. tidsskrift
    languages:

    1 results

    1. nob
    county:
    not reported by source
    digital:
    yes
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    copyrighted
    viewability:
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    NB
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    Tennis Norge (trykt). Vår 2023
    creators:

    1 results

    1. Northern Vision
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    1 results

    1. tidsskrift
    languages:

    1 results

    1. nob
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    Tennis Norge (trykt). Vinter 2021
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    1. Northern Vision
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    publisher:
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    media_types:

    1 results

    1. tidsskrift
    languages:

    1 results

    1. nob
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    not reported by source
    digital:
    yes
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    no
    license:
    copyrighted
    viewability:
    NONE
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    thumbnail:
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    viewer_url:
    https://www.nb.no/items/a88f7673294fff8f31cd5dce5dcba257
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    URN:NBN:no-nb_plikttidsskrift_270b9c0e-185b-4ca2-a2e2-8a3fd0b2f5a5
    title:
    Tennis Norge (trykt). Sommer 2023
    creators:

    1 results

    1. Northern Vision
    year:
    2023
    publisher:
    Northern Vision
    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_plikttidsskrift_270b9c0e-185b-4ca2-a2e2-8a3fd0b2f5a5_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
    viewer_url:
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    URN:NBN:no-nb_plikttidsskrift_8eaf6e79-e7c0-4bdb-8b12-1677f939503c
    title:
    Tennis Norge (trykt). Sommer 2022
    creators:

    1 results

    1. Northern Vision
    year:
    2022
    publisher:
    Northern Vision
    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_plikttidsskrift_8eaf6e79-e7c0-4bdb-8b12-1677f939503c_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
    viewer_url:
    https://www.nb.no/items/a12db3aa51ad1520291f31b719042fbc
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    urn:
    URN:NBN:no-nb_plikttidsskrift_f0fbca4e-4fb5-4df7-8343-7f988c6fe3bb
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    Tennis Norge (trykt). Vinter 2022/2023
    creators:

    1 results

    1. Northern Vision
    year:
    2022
    publisher:
    Northern Vision
    media_types:

    1 results

    1. tidsskrift
    languages:

    1 results

    1. nob
    county:
    not reported by source
    digital:
    yes
    public_domain:
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    license:
    copyrighted
    viewability:
    NONE
    access_allowed_from:
    NB
    thumbnail:
    https://www.nb.no/services/image/resolver/URN:NBN:no-nb_plikttidsskrift_f0fbca4e-4fb5-4df7-8343-7f988c6fe3bb_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
    viewer_url:
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    a2884f0187040b5c8b5f619bf530653f
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    URN:NBN:no-nb_plikttidsskrift_1099b830-5c0a-482f-a168-a50c3284b4c2
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    Tennis Norge (trykt). Høst 2022
    creators:

    1 results

    1. Northern Vision
    year:
    2022
    publisher:
    Northern Vision
    media_types:

    1 results

    1. tidsskrift
    languages:

    1 results

    1. nob
    county:
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    digital:
    yes
    public_domain:
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    license:
    copyrighted
    viewability:
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    access_allowed_from:
    NB
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    fdf6c00cc3ecb608c5bc95064bac952d
    urn:
    URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2025022180033_006
    title:
    Sport (2006) : bransjeblad for sport og fritid. 2012 Vol. 93 Nr. 6
    creators:

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    1. Sportsbransjen.no
    2. Norsk Sportsbransjeforening
    3. Sportsbransjen AS
    year:
    2012
    publisher:
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    media_types:

    1 results

    1. tidsskrift
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    1 results

    1. nob
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    copyrighted
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    1 results

    1. Norsk bokmål
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yes
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