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 2026-09-28T05:14:53Z in 0.262 seconds.

total:

341278

page:

size:

items:

10 results

id:
aa06c57e920094a2d067abf77ced6270
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2024032280024_006
title:
SOS-barnebyer : et magasin fra SOS barnebyer. 2009 Nr. 2
creators:
1 results
1. SOS-barnebyer
year:
2009
publisher:
Stiftelsen SOS-barnebyer Norge
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_2024032280024_006_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/aa06c57e920094a2d067abf77ced6270
id:
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urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2024032280024_005
title:
SOS-barnebyer : et magasin fra SOS barnebyer. 2009 Nr. 1
creators:
1 results
1. SOS-barnebyer
year:
2009
publisher:
Stiftelsen SOS-barnebyer Norge
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_2024032280024_005_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/47955fc28819ceea61d0bf7761d7ceb0
id:
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urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2024032280024_018
title:
SOS-barnebyer : et magasin fra SOS barnebyer. 2012 Nr. 2
creators:
1 results
1. SOS-barnebyer
year:
2012
publisher:
Stiftelsen SOS-barnebyer Norge
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_2024032280024_018_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/b551af000f711b23834e25f320795d15
id:
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urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2024032280024_021
title:
SOS-barnebyer : et magasin fra SOS barnebyer. 2013 Nr. 1
creators:
1 results
1. SOS-barnebyer
year:
2013
publisher:
Stiftelsen SOS-barnebyer Norge
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_2024032280024_021_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/1cdf5a3dc66ea8316d02130f5b2207e9
id:
551382dee269ccf748063451931276bd
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2024091180096_003
title:
SOS-barneby-nytt. 2007 Nr. 3
creators:
1 results
1. SOS-barnebyer
year:
2007
publisher:
Stiftelsen SOS-barnebyer Norge
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_2024091180096_003_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/551382dee269ccf748063451931276bd
id:
b31e9c30fbd8d2855e53c7c2bbb3a13c
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2024091180096_004
title:
SOS-barneby-nytt. 2007 Nr. 4
creators:
1 results
1. SOS-barnebyer
year:
2007
publisher:
Stiftelsen SOS-barnebyer Norge
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_2024091180096_004_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/b31e9c30fbd8d2855e53c7c2bbb3a13c
id:
f01fad763465b77f2d847c5db513d2b4
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_plikttidsskrift_2d1b4ee8-5c09-4e4a-81c8-26f60e2fce4f
title:
SOS-magasinet (Oslo. 2014 : trykt utg.). 2024 Nr. 1
creators:
1 results
1. SOS-barnebyer
year:
2024
publisher:
Stiftelsen SOS-barnebyer Norge
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_2d1b4ee8-5c09-4e4a-81c8-26f60e2fce4f_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/f01fad763465b77f2d847c5db513d2b4
id:
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urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_plikttidsskrift_bf259a58-a166-4d1d-aa35-86690f72c673
title:
SOS-magasinet (Oslo. 2014 : trykt utg.). 2022 Nr. 3
creators:
1 results
1. SOS-barnebyer
year:
2022
publisher:
Stiftelsen SOS-barnebyer Norge
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_bf259a58-a166-4d1d-aa35-86690f72c673_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/c34d448fb86b8891b8f2caea4cde8e87
id:
9d1cbfc3bef8895b81338594a593aa77
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_plikttidsskrift_ed374b1c-0aa4-48f5-869e-833f3d5d7636
title:
SOS-magasinet (Oslo. 2014 : trykt utg.). 2023 Nr. 2
creators:
1 results
1. SOS-barnebyer
year:
2023
publisher:
Stiftelsen SOS-barnebyer Norge
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_ed374b1c-0aa4-48f5-869e-833f3d5d7636_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/9d1cbfc3bef8895b81338594a593aa77
id:
a81ddd1b5c0579d26a2286fda2428856
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2024061748067
title:
Vi er her, alltid : 50 år med håpssamtaler i Kirkens SOS
creators:
2 results
1. Theis, Leif Jarle
2. Kirkens SOS
year:
2024
publisher:
Kirkens SOS
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_2024061748067_C1/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/a81ddd1b5c0579d26a2286fda2428856

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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