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 2026-09-25T03:11:52Z in 0.176 seconds.

total:

1058

page:

size:

items:

10 results

id:
605b900766c1321c4369e417db35339d
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2018030548120
title:
Dobbeljubilanten i Sogndal : entreprenøren 80 år, bedrifta 50 år, 2013
creators:
4 results
1. Hundere, Audun
2. Byggsenteret Audun Hundere AS
3. Hundere, Asle Roar
4. Midtbø, Oddrun
year:
2013
publisher:
[Byggsenteret i Sogndal]
media_types:
1 results
1. bøker
languages:
1 results
1. nno
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_2018030548120_C1/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/605b900766c1321c4369e417db35339d
id:
b0dfebc9bb9d5649d879fb38f1026657
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_sognavis_null_null_19990329_1_61_1
title:
Sogn Avis
creators:
not reported by source
year:
19990329
publisher:
not reported by source
media_types:
1 results
1. aviser
languages:
1 results
1. Norsk bokmål
county:
Vestland
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_sognavis_null_null_19990329_1_61_1-1_001_null/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/b0dfebc9bb9d5649d879fb38f1026657
id:
97b122a678528a336d09aae2a11e924c
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_sogningensognsavis_null_null_19880625_1_72_1
title:
Sogningen-Sogns Avis
creators:
not reported by source
year:
19880625
publisher:
not reported by source
media_types:
1 results
1. aviser
languages:
1 results
1. Norsk bokmål
county:
Vestland
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_sogningensognsavis_null_null_19880625_1_72_1-1_001_null/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/97b122a678528a336d09aae2a11e924c
id:
2646896e7fb50d761966e9e0a53365a4
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_sogningensognsavis_null_null_19830315_87_31_1
title:
Sogningen-Sogns Avis
creators:
not reported by source
year:
19830315
publisher:
not reported by source
media_types:
1 results
1. aviser
languages:
1 results
1. Norsk bokmål
county:
Vestland
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_sogningensognsavis_null_null_19830315_87_31_1-1_001_null/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/2646896e7fb50d761966e9e0a53365a4
id:
7bf1a63a108dc9654d4343cd05aa2745
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_ytresogn_null_null_20080129_12_8_1
title:
Ytre Sogn
creators:
not reported by source
year:
20080129
publisher:
not reported by source
media_types:
1 results
1. aviser
languages:
1 results
1. Nynorsk
county:
Vestland
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_ytresogn_null_null_20080129_12_8_1-1_001_null/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/7bf1a63a108dc9654d4343cd05aa2745
id:
cde08aad5763eea3be4bd02eb0331c29
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_ytresogn_null_null_20020305_1_18_1
title:
Ytre Sogn
creators:
not reported by source
year:
20020305
publisher:
not reported by source
media_types:
1 results
1. aviser
languages:
1 results
1. Nynorsk
county:
Vestland
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_ytresogn_null_null_20020305_1_18_1-1_001_null/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/cde08aad5763eea3be4bd02eb0331c29
id:
e38b074f46dea3d6a8992e582b6f751e
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_sognavis_null_null_20140114_22_9_1
title:
Sogn Avis
creators:
not reported by source
year:
20140114
publisher:
not reported by source
media_types:
1 results
1. aviser
languages:
1 results
1. Norsk bokmål
county:
Vestland
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_sognavis_null_null_20140114_22_9_1-1_001_null/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/e38b074f46dea3d6a8992e582b6f751e
id:
cb20d8042dfe22e6b8b16862abc53c38
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_sogndagblad_null_null_19840609_43_131_1
title:
Sogn Dagblad
creators:
not reported by source
year:
19840609
publisher:
not reported by source
media_types:
1 results
1. aviser
languages:
1 results
1. Norsk bokmål
county:
Vestland
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_sogndagblad_null_null_19840609_43_131_1-1_001_null/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/cb20d8042dfe22e6b8b16862abc53c38
id:
3f990f063fed94f4824c83f5a720240b
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_sogningensognsavis_null_null_19840426_1_49_1
title:
Sogningen-Sogns Avis
creators:
not reported by source
year:
19840426
publisher:
not reported by source
media_types:
1 results
1. aviser
languages:
1 results
1. Norsk bokmål
county:
Vestland
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_sogningensognsavis_null_null_19840426_1_49_1-1_001_null/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/3f990f063fed94f4824c83f5a720240b
id:
5ace9bdb1e270417c94ab7a8034586f1
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_sognavis_null_null_20030120_1_13_1
title:
Sogn Avis
creators:
not reported by source
year:
20030120
publisher:
not reported by source
media_types:
1 results
1. aviser
languages:
1 results
1. Norsk bokmål
county:
Vestland
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_sognavis_null_null_20030120_1_13_1-1_001_null/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/5ace9bdb1e270417c94ab7a8034586f1

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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