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; 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.

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).
`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}&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.

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).

Result

Source: National Library of Norway. Retrieved 2026-11-02T08:29:04Z in 0.239 seconds.

total:

page:

size:

items:

19 results

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urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_nordvestnytt_null_null_20120426_25_17_1
title:
Nordvestnytt
creators:
not reported by source
year:
20120426
publisher:
not reported by source
media_types:
1 results
1. aviser
languages:
1 results
1. Norsk bokmål
county:
Møre og Romsdal
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_nordvestnytt_null_null_20120426_25_17_1-1_001_null/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/33ff8d6301425b6dea41dc83ecc85c0c
id:
7f60f318cf9d11e86cb49f51b86de7c9
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_finansavisen_null_null_20211009_30_234_1
title:
Finansavisen
creators:
not reported by source
year:
20211009
publisher:
not reported by source
media_types:
1 results
1. aviser
languages:
1 results
1. Norsk bokmål
county:
Oslo
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_finansavisen_null_null_20211009_30_234_1-1_001_hovedavis/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/7f60f318cf9d11e86cb49f51b86de7c9
id:
35adbbd7c1b773238315c72365793912
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_pliktmonografi_000027417
title:
Bedre produkter : håndbok i produktledelse og digital produktutvikling
creators:
1 results
1. Aalen, Ida
year:
2023
publisher:
Fagbokforlaget
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_pliktmonografi_000027417_C1/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/35adbbd7c1b773238315c72365793912
id:
0a98361b5d6e057b5a3163bb252822da
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2025081980030_006
title:
Estate magasin : magasin for eiendomsbransjen. 2021 Nr. 6
creators:
not reported by source
year:
2021
publisher:
Estate media
media_types:
1 results
1. tidsskrift
languages:
3 results
1. eng
2. nob
3. 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_2025081980030_006_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/0a98361b5d6e057b5a3163bb252822da
id:
5d90337f7b3e77cda81c04a58bc47c07
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2025012280018_001
title:
Kreativt forum. 2011 Nr. 1
creators:
1 results
1. Kreativt forum
year:
2011
publisher:
Kreativt forum.
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_2025012280018_001_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/5d90337f7b3e77cda81c04a58bc47c07
id:
e1c03d88619b50ee82e4b0fd96110cb5
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_haugesundsavis_null_null_20261020_132_244_1
title:
Haugesunds Avis
creators:
not reported by source
year:
20261020
publisher:
not reported by source
media_types:
1 results
1. aviser
languages:
1 results
1. nob
county:
Rogaland
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_haugesundsavis_null_null_20261020_132_244_1-1_001_hovedavis/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/e1c03d88619b50ee82e4b0fd96110cb5
id:
23ca4e2e0bcfd0390ae09bccf19416cb
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_plikttidsskrift_000013330
title:
Dine penger (trykt utg.) : størst på privatøkonomi. 2025 Nr. 6
creators:
not reported by source
year:
2025
publisher:
Verdens gang AS
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_000013330_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/23ca4e2e0bcfd0390ae09bccf19416cb
id:
fceb1e0e67fc124a5a6778a9fc565e6c
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_finansavisen_null_null_20210925_30_222_1
title:
Finansavisen
creators:
not reported by source
year:
20210925
publisher:
not reported by source
media_types:
1 results
1. aviser
languages:
1 results
1. Norsk bokmål
county:
Oslo
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_finansavisen_null_null_20210925_30_222_1-1_001_hovedavis/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/fceb1e0e67fc124a5a6778a9fc565e6c
id:
c9d74c8e9fd881e7a8f704c28afe258c
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_finansavisen_null_null_20160926_25_223_1
title:
Finansavisen
creators:
not reported by source
year:
20160926
publisher:
not reported by source
media_types:
1 results
1. aviser
languages:
1 results
1. Norsk bokmål
county:
Oslo
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_finansavisen_null_null_20160926_25_223_1-1_001_null/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/c9d74c8e9fd881e7a8f704c28afe258c
id:
8d5ed75ee018a943534f28c8aca60c8e
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_dagensnaeringsliv_null_null_20141220_125_296_1
title:
Dagens Næringsliv
creators:
not reported by source
year:
20141220
publisher:
not reported by source
media_types:
1 results
1. aviser
languages:
1 results
1. nob
county:
Oslo
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_dagensnaeringsliv_null_null_20141220_125_296_1-1_001_nyhet/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/8d5ed75ee018a943534f28c8aca60c8e
id:
9293da7f0e597888125585c920e477f6
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_dagensnaeringsliv_null_null_20240126_135_22_1
title:
Dagens Næringsliv
creators:
not reported by source
year:
20240126
publisher:
not reported by source
media_types:
1 results
1. aviser
languages:
1 results
1. nob
county:
Oslo
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_dagensnaeringsliv_null_null_20240126_135_22_1-1_001_hovedavis/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/9293da7f0e597888125585c920e477f6
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d111b838f0ff4768de24f8eafdea794d
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2025100783002_001
title:
Vagant. 2025 Vol. 37 Nr. 1
creators:
not reported by source
year:
2025
publisher:
Aschehoug
media_types:
1 results
1. tidsskrift
languages:
5 results
1. nob
2. mul
3. nno
4. dan
5. swe
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_2025100783002_001_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/d111b838f0ff4768de24f8eafdea794d
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urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_finansavisen_null_null_20180707_27_153_1
title:
Finansavisen
creators:
not reported by source
year:
20180707
publisher:
not reported by source
media_types:
1 results
1. aviser
languages:
1 results
1. Norsk bokmål
county:
Oslo
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_finansavisen_null_null_20180707_27_153_1-01_001_seksjonsnavn/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/e63c9e2228b3d30c3dbacd31fe2abe55
id:
64adce7f0a90fc07a328e5ba4758c6b7
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_finansavisen_null_null_20180721_27_165_1
title:
Finansavisen
creators:
not reported by source
year:
20180721
publisher:
not reported by source
media_types:
1 results
1. aviser
languages:
1 results
1. Norsk bokmål
county:
Oslo
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_finansavisen_null_null_20180721_27_165_1-01_001_seksjonsnavn/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/64adce7f0a90fc07a328e5ba4758c6b7
id:
46e4fed7a872d122e773349b9660b0e5
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2020051248132
title:
Jeg hater internett : roman
creators:
2 results
1. Kobek, Jarett
2. Flatø, Emil
year:
2018
publisher:
Fanfare
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_2020051248132_C1/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/46e4fed7a872d122e773349b9660b0e5
id:
4f347f184ee1723caf490208cefcf0f7
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_stavangeraftenblad_null_null_20230811_131_0_1
title:
Stavanger aftenblad
creators:
not reported by source
year:
20230811
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_20230811_131_0_1-1_001_hovedavis/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/4f347f184ee1723caf490208cefcf0f7
id:
394a14399e9be72683a81cd172d5cce3
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_verdensgang_null_null_20220723_0_195_1
title:
VG
creators:
not reported by source
year:
20220723
publisher:
not reported by source
media_types:
1 results
1. aviser
languages:
1 results
1. Norsk bokmål
county:
Oslo
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_verdensgang_null_null_20220723_0_195_1-1_001_hovedavis/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/394a14399e9be72683a81cd172d5cce3
id:
1caa3f929b5aa00373207f417f5e88d7
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_aftenposten_null_null_20230811_164_183_1
title:
Aftenposten
creators:
not reported by source
year:
20230811
publisher:
not reported by source
media_types:
1 results
1. aviser
languages:
1 results
1. nob
county:
Oslo
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_aftenposten_null_null_20230811_164_183_1-1_001_hovedavis/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/1caa3f929b5aa00373207f417f5e88d7
id:
b7176c24a7846c6a7dab801820af6282
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_bergenstidende_null_null_20230811_156_214_1
title:
Bergens Tidende
creators:
not reported by source
year:
20230811
publisher:
not reported by source
media_types:
1 results
1. aviser
languages:
1 results
1. nob
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_bergenstidende_null_null_20230811_156_214_1-1_001_hovedavis/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/b7176c24a7846c6a7dab801820af6282

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