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 2026-09-28T04:28:21Z in 0.238 seconds.

total:

page:

size:

items:

10 results

id:
9178c9028058bc30c6be2d00fa5a6a56
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_tronderbladetmelhus_null_null_20210323_43_23_1
title:
Trønderbladet (Melhus: 1979- )
creators:
not reported by source
year:
20210323
publisher:
not reported by source
media_types:
1 results
1. aviser
languages:
1 results
1. Norsk bokmål
county:
Trøndelag
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_tronderbladetmelhus_null_null_20210323_43_23_1-1_001_hovedavis/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/9178c9028058bc30c6be2d00fa5a6a56
id:
1d885dee57a6a8501fd98584949ec222
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2025061680018_002
title:
Til stede (Trondheim). 2020 Nr. 2
creators:
1 results
1. Sør-Trøndelag røde kors
year:
2020
publisher:
Sør-Trøndelag Røde Kors
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_2025061680018_002_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/1d885dee57a6a8501fd98584949ec222
id:
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urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_gaula_null_null_20150325_15_13_1
title:
Gaula (Melhus: 2001-)
creators:
not reported by source
year:
20150325
publisher:
not reported by source
media_types:
1 results
1. aviser
languages:
1 results
1. Norsk bokmål
county:
Trøndelag
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_gaula_null_null_20150325_15_13_1-1_001_null/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/d87d59fb77f73bacc620410224d14aa7
id:
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urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2025062580042_001
title:
Til stede (Trondheim). 2021 Nr. 1
creators:
1 results
1. Sør-Trøndelag røde kors
year:
2021
publisher:
Sør-Trøndelag Røde Kors
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_2025062580042_001_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/aa845a0a26130f5d9923d9bb77374c0c
id:
dce4f7eb91c822c6b2214f7464b11c7d
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_plikttidsskrift_e3799bba-6703-4418-8b65-98a3daee6e96
title:
Til stede (Trondheim). 2022 Nr. 2
creators:
1 results
1. Sør-Trøndelag røde kors
year:
2022
publisher:
Sør-Trøndelag Røde Kors
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_e3799bba-6703-4418-8b65-98a3daee6e96_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/dce4f7eb91c822c6b2214f7464b11c7d
id:
406424fe2879b6043d521aadecb0abc1
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_plikttidsskrift_91588587-5f25-4ac7-b8a7-255911e94b8b
title:
Til stede (Trondheim). Juni 2023 Nr. 1
creators:
1 results
1. Sør-Trøndelag røde kors
year:
2023
publisher:
Sør-Trøndelag Røde Kors
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_91588587-5f25-4ac7-b8a7-255911e94b8b_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/406424fe2879b6043d521aadecb0abc1
id:
2df72e4f9dc62d50e1dbfb55ad69009f
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_plikttidsskrift_4d2c43e4-3617-4f07-8aa8-66a2694bafc9
title:
Til stede (Trondheim). Juni 2024 Nr. 1
creators:
1 results
1. Sør-Trøndelag røde kors
year:
2024
publisher:
Sør-Trøndelag Røde Kors
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_4d2c43e4-3617-4f07-8aa8-66a2694bafc9_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/2df72e4f9dc62d50e1dbfb55ad69009f
id:
9af94872fb4b53b296e47cd60c945e0e
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_plikttidsskrift_e3c63de1-f98b-4a68-9e11-65b3ac69dd77
title:
Til stede (Trondheim). 2023 Nr. 2
creators:
1 results
1. Sør-Trøndelag røde kors
year:
2023
publisher:
Sør-Trøndelag Røde Kors
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_e3c63de1-f98b-4a68-9e11-65b3ac69dd77_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/9af94872fb4b53b296e47cd60c945e0e
id:
a0f74108e2e8157c6fe81b8a8f65100e
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2025051380076_001
title:
Til stede (Trondheim). 2018 Nr. 1
creators:
1 results
1. Sør-Trøndelag røde kors
year:
2018
publisher:
Sør-Trøndelag Røde Kors
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_2025051380076_001_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/a0f74108e2e8157c6fe81b8a8f65100e
id:
70b85fc1f77c62090907c6f4c6e80fdd
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_tronderbladetmelhus_null_null_20250321_47_23_1
title:
Trønderbladet (Melhus: 1979- )
creators:
not reported by source
year:
20250321
publisher:
not reported by source
media_types:
1 results
1. aviser
languages:
1 results
1. Norsk bokmål
county:
Trøndelag
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_tronderbladetmelhus_null_null_20250321_47_23_1-1_001_hovedavis/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/70b85fc1f77c62090907c6f4c6e80fdd

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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