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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; 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.

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).
pageoptionalintegerZero-based page index.
sizeoptionalintegerResults per page, 1 to 100 (default 10).
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}&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.

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).
Type: integer. Zero-based page index.
Type: integer. Results per page, 1 to 100 (default 10).

Result

Source: National Library of Norway. Retrieved 2026-09-28T09:25:34Z in 0.438 seconds.

total:
371284
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0
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10
items:

10 results

  1. id:
    0d694787b49259257dad0d10bbad73c1
    urn:
    URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2012062808178
    title:
    Om Telenor AS
    creators:

    1 results

    1. Norge Samferdselsdepartementet
    year:
    1995
    publisher:
    Departementet
    media_types:

    1 results

    1. bøker
    languages:

    1 results

    1. nob
    county:
    not reported by source
    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_digibok_2012062808178_C1/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
    viewer_url:
    https://www.nb.no/items/0d694787b49259257dad0d10bbad73c1
  2. id:
    fdcc282d7c6a88ee335167ddc37c61f3
    urn:
    not reported by source
    title:
    Midtpunktet : bedriftsblad for Telenor - region Midt-Norge
    creators:

    1 results

    1. Telenor. Region Midt-Norge
    year:
    19930101
    publisher:
    Telenor, Region Midt-Norge
    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/fdcc282d7c6a88ee335167ddc37c61f3
  3. id:
    4e12adadb40245f69a013018c945c4ef
    urn:
    not reported by source
    title:
    Teleskopet : kundeinfo fra Telenor bedrift, Region Midt-Norge
    creators:

    1 results

    1. Telenor Bedrift. Region Midt-Norge
    year:
    not reported by source
    publisher:
    Telenor bedrift, Region Midt-Norge
    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/4e12adadb40245f69a013018c945c4ef
  4. id:
    533194b062356f9beb35fe6e527c0977
    urn:
    not reported by source
    title:
    Dekningskart Telenor mobil GSM
    creators:

    1 results

    1. Telenor mobil
    year:
    1996
    publisher:
    Telenor mobil
    media_types:

    1 results

    1. kart
    languages:

    5 results

    1. eng
    2. ger
    3. fre
    4. nob
    5. mul
    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/533194b062356f9beb35fe6e527c0977
  5. id:
    86d59a3dc11314fc92edba2f521ca81d
    urn:
    not reported by source
    title:
    Dekningskart Telenor mobil GSM
    creators:

    1 results

    1. Telenor mobil
    year:
    1998
    publisher:
    Telenor mobil
    media_types:

    1 results

    1. kart
    languages:

    4 results

    1. eng
    2. ger
    3. nob
    4. mul
    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/86d59a3dc11314fc92edba2f521ca81d
  6. id:
    4e024280383463f7f56d68127660b222
    urn:
    not reported by source
    title:
    Dekningskart Telenor mobil GSM
    creators:

    1 results

    1. Telenor mobil
    year:
    1997
    publisher:
    Telenor mobil
    media_types:

    1 results

    1. kart
    languages:

    5 results

    1. eng
    2. ger
    3. fre
    4. nob
    5. mul
    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/4e024280383463f7f56d68127660b222
  7. id:
    87ab6ec0fef5bfa64d3b65e6fbe5e091
    urn:
    not reported by source
    title:
    Dekningskart Telenor mobil GSM
    creators:

    1 results

    1. Telenor mobil
    year:
    2000
    publisher:
    Telenor mobil
    media_types:

    1 results

    1. kart
    languages:

    5 results

    1. eng
    2. ger
    3. fre
    4. nob
    5. mul
    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/87ab6ec0fef5bfa64d3b65e6fbe5e091
  8. id:
    22e8f6ba3c8014e2a7c1d1e3f5b6f8a8
    urn:
    not reported by source
    title:
    Dekningskart Telenor mobil NMT-450
    creators:

    1 results

    1. Telenor mobil
    year:
    1997
    publisher:
    Telenor mobil
    media_types:

    1 results

    1. kart
    languages:

    5 results

    1. eng
    2. ger
    3. fre
    4. nob
    5. mul
    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/22e8f6ba3c8014e2a7c1d1e3f5b6f8a8
  9. id:
    2dc7a0cb3030907d35e677ac30beaa01
    urn:
    URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2021110548514
    title:
    Min historie om Telenor
    creators:

    1 results

    1. Baksaas, Jon Fredrik
    year:
    2019
    publisher:
    Gyldendal
    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_2021110548514_C1/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
    viewer_url:
    https://www.nb.no/items/2dc7a0cb3030907d35e677ac30beaa01
  10. id:
    d4e499ea68757662fd58eed527389d2d
    urn:
    URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2024091880020_006
    title:
    Trigger : et kundemagasin fra Telenor. 2009 Nr. 1
    creators:

    1 results

    1. Telenor
    year:
    2009
    publisher:
    Telenor
    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_2024091880020_006_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
    viewer_url:
    https://www.nb.no/items/d4e499ea68757662fd58eed527389d2d
limit:
25
offset:
0
returned:
10
has_more_results:
yes
truncated:
yes
next_offset:
10
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