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 2026-09-09T00:34:50Z in 0.230 seconds.

total:

206

page:

size:

items:

10 results

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urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_plikttidsskrift_2b63e902-a5f6-4791-a2ab-6637ed8602e0
title:
Aktuell sikkerhet : Norges ledende sikkerhetsmagasin. 2025 Nr. 2
creators:
not reported by source
year:
2025
publisher:
Ask media
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_2b63e902-a5f6-4791-a2ab-6637ed8602e0_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/88603a0511e41664049394936da57c86
id:
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urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_plikttidsskrift_9dc3e8b9-378a-40dd-9255-08a9a3e43562
title:
Aktuell sikkerhet : Norges ledende sikkerhetsmagasin. 2025 Nr. 6
creators:
not reported by source
year:
2025
publisher:
Ask media
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_9dc3e8b9-378a-40dd-9255-08a9a3e43562_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/894f67d783c9294911def70d930adef8
id:
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urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2022052580036_001
title:
Aktuell sikkerhet : Norges ledende sikkerhetsmagasin. 2022 Nr. 2
creators:
not reported by source
year:
2022
publisher:
Ask media
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_2022052580036_001_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/a019b179a9ebcbb8f6817a29b6c3f890
id:
61016654d6c63054455c11ddb3e3f422
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2023060883144_001
title:
Aktuell sikkerhet : Norges ledende sikkerhetsmagasin. 2023 Nr. 2
creators:
not reported by source
year:
2023
publisher:
Ask media
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_2023060883144_001_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/61016654d6c63054455c11ddb3e3f422
id:
3cd3b03b5f6b821bda0e866113585242
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2022062380002_004
title:
Teknisk ukeblad (trykt utg.) : Norges fremste på teknologi. 2015 Vol. 162 Nr. 4
creators:
3 results
1. Norske sivilingeniørers forening
2. Norges ingeniørorganisasjon - NITO
3. Den polytekniske forening
year:
2015
publisher:
Teknisk ukeblad media
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_2022062380002_004_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/3cd3b03b5f6b821bda0e866113585242
id:
6695210e7560a37cb25633c9ff0a0cd8
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_plikttidsskrift_8e698a01-d0ca-4302-a52b-218c3c511460
title:
Aktuell sikkerhet : Norges ledende sikkerhetsmagasin. 2023 Nr. 6
creators:
not reported by source
year:
2023
publisher:
Ask media
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_8e698a01-d0ca-4302-a52b-218c3c511460_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/6695210e7560a37cb25633c9ff0a0cd8
id:
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urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2022062280046_008
title:
Teknisk ukeblad (trykt utg.) : Norges fremste på teknologi. 2013 Vol. 160 Nr. 8
creators:
3 results
1. Norske sivilingeniørers forening
2. Norges ingeniørorganisasjon - NITO
3. Den polytekniske forening
year:
2013
publisher:
Teknisk ukeblad media
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_2022062280046_008_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/cbc8cdcb530f22a9a04efcc15fd52ff7
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urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2025041080025_006
title:
Aktuell sikkerhet : Norges ledende sikkerhetsmagasin. 2021 Nr. 6
creators:
not reported by source
year:
2021
publisher:
Ask media
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_2025041080025_006_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/e279b52872c7fe6979a01fa1b1090582
id:
99811dec44161d13e626554cec85199e
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2025041080019_002
title:
Aktuell sikkerhet : Norges ledende sikkerhetsmagasin. 2017 Nr. 2
creators:
not reported by source
year:
2017
publisher:
Ask media
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_2025041080019_002_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/99811dec44161d13e626554cec85199e
id:
72c72ee925b7fdaa3f55cec4b8f936c0
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2025041080008_003
title:
Aktuell sikkerhet : Norges ledende sikkerhetsmagasin. 2011 Nr. 3
creators:
not reported by source
year:
2011
publisher:
Ask media
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_2025041080008_003_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/72c72ee925b7fdaa3f55cec4b8f936c0

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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