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 2026-09-25T06:21:18Z in 0.183 seconds.

total:

69789

page:

size:

items:

10 results

id:
86651b010a89e5b8f0a86191edfd5565
urn:
not reported by source
title:
Staselige Statsbygg sør
creators:
1 results
1. Ryen, Morten
year:
2008
publisher:
not reported by source
media_types:
1 results
1. artikler
languages:
1 results
1. nob
county:
not reported by source
digital:
no
public_domain:
no
license:
copyrighted
viewability:
NONE
access_allowed_from:
NB
thumbnail:
not reported by source
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/86651b010a89e5b8f0a86191edfd5565
id:
92b697c6c38a3f59129291b6f8c4679e
urn:
not reported by source
title:
Perspektiv : internblad for Statsbygg
creators:
1 results
1. Statsbygg
year:
not reported by source
publisher:
Statsbygg
media_types:
1 results
1. tidsskrift
languages:
1 results
1. nob
county:
not reported by source
digital:
no
public_domain:
no
license:
copyrighted
viewability:
ALL
access_allowed_from:
EVERYWHERE
thumbnail:
not reported by source
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/92b697c6c38a3f59129291b6f8c4679e
id:
a108b336de778264d3b8588e2619be32
urn:
not reported by source
title:
Åpent rom : et magasin fra Statsbygg
creators:
1 results
1. Statsbygg
year:
20010101
publisher:
Statsbygg
media_types:
1 results
1. tidsskrift
languages:
1 results
1. nno nob
county:
not reported by source
digital:
no
public_domain:
no
license:
copyrighted
viewability:
ALL
access_allowed_from:
EVERYWHERE
thumbnail:
not reported by source
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/a108b336de778264d3b8588e2619be32
id:
437424394bd5a8676eabbd002f538ccf
urn:
not reported by source
title:
Åpent rom : et magasin fra Statsbygg
creators:
1 results
1. Statsbygg
year:
20010101
publisher:
Statsbygg
media_types:
1 results
1. tidsskrift
languages:
1 results
1. nno nob
county:
not reported by source
digital:
no
public_domain:
no
license:
copyrighted
viewability:
ALL
access_allowed_from:
EVERYWHERE
thumbnail:
not reported by source
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/437424394bd5a8676eabbd002f538ccf
id:
6eacddc43d9a8166eff41fb123ab2631
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2019082707004
title:
Bygg med mening : Statsbygg 1816-2016
creators:
2 results
1. Julsrud, Ottar
2. Statsbygg
year:
2015
publisher:
Fagbokforl.
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_2019082707004_C1/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/6eacddc43d9a8166eff41fb123ab2631
id:
16f3b0cc349e3592e7cc0c6b1fa209fc
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2015112708114
title:
Forskning og utvikling i Statsbygg : prosjektkatalog : 1992 til 2000
creators:
1 results
1. Statsbygg
year:
2001
publisher:
Statsbygg
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_2015112708114_C1/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/16f3b0cc349e3592e7cc0c6b1fa209fc
id:
aa25351a35a51fc13f230287f87a89a7
urn:
not reported by source
title:
Brytningstid : Statsbygg 200 år
creators:
2 results
1. Aga, Frode
2. Nikolaisen, Harald Vaagaasar
year:
2016
publisher:
not reported by source
media_types:
1 results
1. artikler
languages:
1 results
1. nob
county:
not reported by source
digital:
no
public_domain:
no
license:
copyrighted
viewability:
NONE
access_allowed_from:
NB
thumbnail:
not reported by source
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/aa25351a35a51fc13f230287f87a89a7
id:
b395b72aca9965397c5a9200fa2b480f
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2024092480095_017
title:
Åpent rom (trykt utg.) : et magasin fra Statsbygg. 2013 Nr. 2
creators:
1 results
1. Statsbygg
year:
2013
publisher:
Statsbygg
media_types:
1 results
1. tidsskrift
languages:
1 results
1. mul
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_2024092480095_017_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/b395b72aca9965397c5a9200fa2b480f
id:
f14c3310f4ea7e4ad65a672ee633f4b8
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2024092480095_013
title:
Åpent rom (trykt utg.) : et magasin fra Statsbygg. 2012 Nr. 1
creators:
1 results
1. Statsbygg
year:
2012
publisher:
Statsbygg
media_types:
1 results
1. tidsskrift
languages:
1 results
1. mul
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_2024092480095_013_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/f14c3310f4ea7e4ad65a672ee633f4b8
id:
6da7d48d14314c33ab61639d3c42e935
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2024092480096_002
title:
Åpent rom (trykt utg.) : et magasin fra Statsbygg. 2007 Nr. 2
creators:
1 results
1. Statsbygg
year:
2007
publisher:
Statsbygg
media_types:
1 results
1. tidsskrift
languages:
1 results
1. mul
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_2024092480096_002_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/6da7d48d14314c33ab61639d3c42e935

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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