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 2026-09-24T22:39:36Z in 0.216 seconds.

total:

4469

page:

size:

items:

10 results

id:
737aed8181e3d24e15a628adb691a176
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2013022205101
title:
Helsetjenester i Møre og Romsdal gjennom hundre år
creators:
4 results
1. Brekke, Dag
2. Iversen, J. H.
3. Ødegård, O.
4. Møre og Romsdal legeforening
year:
1986
publisher:
Møre og Romsdal lægeforening
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_2013022205101_C1/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/737aed8181e3d24e15a628adb691a176
id:
12507694f3a6e71b5bce0d997572801f
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2019102877015
title:
Vernepleier - utdanning og yrke i et faglig og etisk perspektiv : vernepleierfaglig bistand til mennesker med ulike funksjonsvansker
creators:
2 results
1. Horndalen, Bjørn
2. Torp, Tor Rynning
year:
2013
publisher:
Høgskolen i Oslo og Akershus
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_2019102877015_C1/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/12507694f3a6e71b5bce0d997572801f
id:
eea09fe6f57f4257154bb5bad83cea87
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2014051908224
title:
Vernepleier - utdanning og yrke i et faglig og etisk perspektiv
creators:
2 results
1. Torp, Tor Rynning
2. Horndalen, Bjørn
year:
2006
publisher:
Høgskolen i Akershus
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_2014051908224_C1/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/eea09fe6f57f4257154bb5bad83cea87
id:
19d48cc753b95d6d6501b3cffa8a323d
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2018101705069
title:
En velvillig og oppmerksom tilhører : mennesker som har vært utsatt for vold og deres møte med hjelpeapparatet og politiet
creators:
3 results
1. Grøvdal, Yngvil
2. Saur, Randi
3. Skaalerud, Are Rynning
year:
2014
publisher:
Nasjonalt kunnskapssenter om vold og traumatisk stress
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_2018101705069_C1/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/19d48cc753b95d6d6501b3cffa8a323d
id:
431247b0a8dc6f0daec47a5e940e9de6
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_pliktmonografi_000022772
title:
Underlagsrapport til overordnet parkeringsstrategi for Sauda sentrum
creators:
4 results
1. Knapskog, Marianne
2. Rynning, Maja Karoline
3. Hanssen, Jan Usterud
4. Wolday, Fitwi
year:
2020
publisher:
Transportøkonomisk institutt
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_pliktmonografi_000022772_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/431247b0a8dc6f0daec47a5e940e9de6
id:
1117cc9a83ad74aec90e4473dafb3a8d
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_pliktmonografi_000084398
title:
Prioriteringsveiledere som styringsverktøy i skjæringspunktet mellom rett og medisin
creators:
2 results
1. Aasen, Henriette Sinding
2. Magnussen, Anne-Mette
year:
2016
publisher:
not reported by source
media_types:
1 results
1. artikler
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_pliktmonografi_000084398_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/1117cc9a83ad74aec90e4473dafb3a8d
id:
58ca3c42cdf880a3331d33c0f1004844
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2023100680013_004
title:
Helsetjenesten : fagtidsskrift for helsevesenet. 1988 Vol. 7 Nr. 5
creators:
4 results
1. Norsk forening for helsetjenesten
2. Norsk sykehusadministrasjons landsforbund
3. Den Norske sykehusforening
4. Helsetjenestens administrasjonsforbund
year:
1988
publisher:
Norsk forening for helsetjenesten
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_2023100680013_004_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/58ca3c42cdf880a3331d33c0f1004844
id:
74ff0adb7fd6ae8f7ea070990aed2507
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2023100680014_002
title:
Helsetjenesten : fagtidsskrift for helsevesenet. 1989 Vol. 8 Nr. 3
creators:
4 results
1. Norsk forening for helsetjenesten
2. Norsk sykehusadministrasjons landsforbund
3. Den Norske sykehusforening
4. Helsetjenestens administrasjonsforbund
year:
1989
publisher:
Norsk forening for helsetjenesten
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_2023100680014_002_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/74ff0adb7fd6ae8f7ea070990aed2507
id:
6e3fec685183b869b74f19b93cf84123
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2012072505115
title:
Helseoppfølging av personer med utviklingshemning
creators:
1 results
1. Ellingsen, Karl Elling
year:
2007
publisher:
NAKU, Nasjonalt kompetansemiljø om utviklingshemning
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_2012072505115_C1/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/6e3fec685183b869b74f19b93cf84123
id:
e3a55c1cbf12ce646d6abf0b5fe4f542
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2020043048587
title:
Helserett i et nøtteskall
creators:
4 results
1. Befring, Anne Kjersti
2. Ohnstad, Bente
3. Hirst, Marion Holthe
4. Paulsrud, Kari
year:
2019
publisher:
Gyldendal
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_2020043048587_C1/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/e3a55c1cbf12ce646d6abf0b5fe4f542

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.

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