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 2026-10-24T02:18:59Z in 0.413 seconds.

total:

page:

size:

items:

11 results

id:
efd5ebb4a436b4728134b118e9d93681
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_bergenstidende_null_null_20180702_151_155_1
title:
Bergens Tidende
creators:
not reported by source
year:
20180702
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_bergenstidende_null_null_20180702_151_155_1-01_001_seksjonsnavn/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/efd5ebb4a436b4728134b118e9d93681
id:
dd63d5ef1b1b916479770af98e953ff0
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2023052580067_008
title:
Ukeavisen ledelse (trykt utg.). 2015 Vol. 28 Nr. 32
creators:
not reported by source
year:
2015
publisher:
Medier og ledelse
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_2023052580067_008_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/dd63d5ef1b1b916479770af98e953ff0
id:
3d085161169e82e78c664e84660d6055
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_dagensnaeringsliv_null_null_20131219_124_295_1
title:
Dagens Næringsliv
creators:
not reported by source
year:
20131219
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_dagensnaeringsliv_null_null_20131219_124_295_1-1_001_nyhet/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/3d085161169e82e78c664e84660d6055
id:
5816d41a4764d341f1a7f8e7038a4f83
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_dagensnaeringsliv_null_null_20120313_123_62_1
title:
Dagens Næringsliv
creators:
not reported by source
year:
20120313
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_dagensnaeringsliv_null_null_20120313_123_62_1-1_001_null/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/5816d41a4764d341f1a7f8e7038a4f83
id:
db9634c2bd001434f6cd13d8fe91f0e2
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2024022880030_022
title:
Lyskultur (Lysaker) : magasinet for lys. 2020 Nr. 4
creators:
1 results
1. Lyskultur
year:
2020
publisher:
Lyskultur
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_2024022880030_022_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/db9634c2bd001434f6cd13d8fe91f0e2
id:
896614a9a34637bd85487b902a004126
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_dagensnaeringsliv_null_null_20140523_125_117_1
title:
Dagens Næringsliv
creators:
not reported by source
year:
20140523
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_dagensnaeringsliv_null_null_20140523_125_117_1-1_001_nyhet/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/896614a9a34637bd85487b902a004126
id:
43314c0b1fbaf7bcc144d67165206b44
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_rogalandsavis_null_null_20111231_112_306_1
title:
Rogalands Avis
creators:
not reported by source
year:
20111231
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:
ccbync
viewability:
ALL
access_allowed_from:
EVERYWHERE
thumbnail:
https://www.nb.no/services/image/resolver/URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_rogalandsavis_null_null_20111231_112_306_1-1_001_null/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/43314c0b1fbaf7bcc144d67165206b44
id:
a733ddc173e2f13443def52f7deb052f
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_dagensnaeringsliv_null_null_20161209_127_287_1
title:
Dagens Næringsliv
creators:
not reported by source
year:
20161209
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_dagensnaeringsliv_null_null_20161209_127_287_1-1_001_nyhet/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/a733ddc173e2f13443def52f7deb052f
id:
c78869d3d5b1a63c982deca28a70c035
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_finansavisen_null_null_20180120_26_17_1
title:
Finansavisen
creators:
not reported by source
year:
20180120
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_20180120_26_17_1-1_001_null/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/c78869d3d5b1a63c982deca28a70c035
id:
9bf686a6485ab0fbff8863c3742ab288
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_dagensnaeringsliv_null_null_20181206_129_283_1
title:
Dagens Næringsliv
creators:
not reported by source
year:
20181206
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_dagensnaeringsliv_null_null_20181206_129_283_1-1_001_nyhet/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/9bf686a6485ab0fbff8863c3742ab288
id:
4856e290a45ddb31f99f43049445142b
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2025082280019_002
title:
Fagbladet CreditInform. 2011 Vol. 22 Nr. 2
creators:
2 results
1. Creditinform
2. Experian
year:
2011
publisher:
Experian
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_2025082280019_002_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/4856e290a45ddb31f99f43049445142b

limit:

offset:

returned:

has_more_results:

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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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