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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; 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}&limit=25&offset=0

Replace {q}, {media_type}, {language}, {county}, {year_from}, {year_to}, {digital_only}, {sort} 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}&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).
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}&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}&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}&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).

Result

Source: National Library of Norway. Retrieved 2026-11-03T10:55:03Z in 0.241 seconds.

total:
8
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0
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25
items:

8 results

  1. id:
    8dd19bf48893c40869805b5471cb4328
    urn:
    URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_bladet_null_null_20261017_134_122_1
    title:
    Bladet
    creators:
    not reported by source
    year:
    20261017
    publisher:
    not reported by source
    media_types:

    1 results

    1. aviser
    languages:

    1 results

    1. nob
    county:
    Trøndelag
    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_digavis_bladet_null_null_20261017_134_122_1-1_001_hovedavis/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
    viewer_url:
    https://www.nb.no/items/8dd19bf48893c40869805b5471cb4328
  2. id:
    f147f12dffbf77656283727005f4a4e3
    urn:
    URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_aftenposten_null_null_19001128_41_859_1
    title:
    Aftenposten
    creators:
    not reported by source
    year:
    19001128
    publisher:
    not reported by source
    media_types:

    1 results

    1. aviser
    languages:

    1 results

    1. nob
    county:
    Oslo
    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_aftenposten_null_null_19001128_41_859_1-1_001_null/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
    viewer_url:
    https://www.nb.no/items/f147f12dffbf77656283727005f4a4e3
  3. id:
    90025a9c6d609e1f3db74baa627c4218
    urn:
    URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_aftenposten_null_null_18950320_36_169_1
    title:
    Aftenposten
    creators:
    not reported by source
    year:
    18950320
    publisher:
    not reported by source
    media_types:

    1 results

    1. aviser
    languages:

    1 results

    1. nob
    county:
    Oslo
    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_digavis_aftenposten_null_null_18950320_36_169_1-1_001_null/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
    viewer_url:
    https://www.nb.no/items/90025a9c6d609e1f3db74baa627c4218
  4. id:
    74a97f79344f6d4ea64f544b06207db2
    urn:
    URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2025021183083_001
    title:
    Årbok (Forr historielag). 2024
    creators:

    1 results

    1. Forr historielag
    year:
    2024
    publisher:
    Forr historielag
    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_2025021183083_001_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
    viewer_url:
    https://www.nb.no/items/74a97f79344f6d4ea64f544b06207db2
  5. id:
    f3e3ece0f715e341109f72c9c6f3993c
    urn:
    URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_bladet_null_null_20260912_134_107_1
    title:
    Bladet
    creators:
    not reported by source
    year:
    20260912
    publisher:
    not reported by source
    media_types:

    1 results

    1. aviser
    languages:

    1 results

    1. Norsk bokmål
    county:
    Trøndelag
    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_digavis_bladet_null_null_20260912_134_107_1-1_001_hovedavis/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
    viewer_url:
    https://www.nb.no/items/f3e3ece0f715e341109f72c9c6f3993c
  6. id:
    e6570367ea5f74d9c6d70aa48d8daa78
    urn:
    URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_stavangeraftenblad_null_null_20251206_133_0_1
    title:
    Stavanger aftenblad
    creators:
    not reported by source
    year:
    20251206
    publisher:
    not reported by source
    media_types:

    1 results

    1. aviser
    languages:

    1 results

    1. Norsk bokmål
    county:
    Rogaland
    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_stavangeraftenblad_null_null_20251206_133_0_1-1_001_hovedavis/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
    viewer_url:
    https://www.nb.no/items/e6570367ea5f74d9c6d70aa48d8daa78
  7. id:
    4a1572256a92e6a6388ef025c0bbad08
    urn:
    URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_stavangeraftenblad_null_null_20260307_134_0_1
    title:
    Stavanger aftenblad
    creators:
    not reported by source
    year:
    20260307
    publisher:
    not reported by source
    media_types:

    1 results

    1. aviser
    languages:

    1 results

    1. Norsk bokmål
    county:
    Rogaland
    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_stavangeraftenblad_null_null_20260307_134_0_1-1_001_hovedavis/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
    viewer_url:
    https://www.nb.no/items/4a1572256a92e6a6388ef025c0bbad08
  8. id:
    162266b6c2fe3dd283cfaf40cfc4536c
    urn:
    URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2012021605048
    title:
    Islandsk-norsk ordbok
    creators:

    2 results

    1. Orgland, Ivar
    2. Raastad, Frederik
    year:
    1985
    publisher:
    NKS-forlaget
    media_types:

    1 results

    1. bøker
    languages:

    4 results

    1. nob
    2. mul
    3. nno
    4. ice
    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_2012021605048_C1/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
    viewer_url:
    https://www.nb.no/items/162266b6c2fe3dd283cfaf40cfc4536c
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How to use the search lookup

  1. Replace the placeholders in the HTML GET template; remove optional parameters you do not need.
  2. Check types, units, limits and ID formats in the parameter table.
  3. 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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