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 2026-10-22T14:38:52Z in 0.197 seconds.

total:

page:

size:

items:

15 results

id:
6338e6362b20f72be8693b967c325a38
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2025072483076_001
title:
Rosenkilden : næringslivsmagasinet. 2025 Vol. 31 Nr. 3
creators:
2 results
1. Stavanger næringsforening
2. Næringsforeningen i Stavanger-regionen
year:
2025
publisher:
Næringsforeningen i Stavanger-regionen
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_2025072483076_001_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/6338e6362b20f72be8693b967c325a38
id:
a41309237c128f204dc406f093c07b8d
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2024102483030_001
title:
Miljø & teknikk (trykt utg.) : hovedorgan for Norsk kommunalteknisk forening. 2024 Vol. 117 Nr. 3
creators:
2 results
1. Norsk kommunalteknisk forening
2. Norske kommunale ingeniørveseners forening
year:
2024
publisher:
Norsk kommunalteknisk forening
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_2024102483030_001_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/a41309237c128f204dc406f093c07b8d
id:
437df54bda656b629bc798b8c8e938e4
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2023100583069_001
title:
Miljø & teknikk (trykt utg.) : hovedorgan for Norsk kommunalteknisk forening. 2023 Vol. 116 Nr. 3
creators:
2 results
1. Norsk kommunalteknisk forening
2. Norske kommunale ingeniørveseners forening
year:
2023
publisher:
Norsk kommunalteknisk forening
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_2023100583069_001_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/437df54bda656b629bc798b8c8e938e4
id:
ef6bb599503122bab6cdf81a75dab209
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2024042283036_001
title:
Miljø & teknikk (trykt utg.) : hovedorgan for Norsk kommunalteknisk forening. 2024 Vol. 117 Nr. 1
creators:
2 results
1. Norsk kommunalteknisk forening
2. Norske kommunale ingeniørveseners forening
year:
2024
publisher:
Norsk kommunalteknisk forening
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_2024042283036_001_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/ef6bb599503122bab6cdf81a75dab209
id:
cc40db61dfe9f3988fa6ad7451e0cf5d
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2024070983193_001
title:
Miljø & teknikk (trykt utg.) : hovedorgan for Norsk kommunalteknisk forening. 2024 Vol. 117 Nr. 2
creators:
2 results
1. Norsk kommunalteknisk forening
2. Norske kommunale ingeniørveseners forening
year:
2024
publisher:
Norsk kommunalteknisk forening
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_2024070983193_001_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/cc40db61dfe9f3988fa6ad7451e0cf5d
id:
2b84fb31339a22b96f2942b437d3900d
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2025010983041_001
title:
Miljø & teknikk (trykt utg.) : hovedorgan for Norsk kommunalteknisk forening. 2024 Vol. 117 Nr. 4
creators:
2 results
1. Norsk kommunalteknisk forening
2. Norske kommunale ingeniørveseners forening
year:
2024
publisher:
Norsk kommunalteknisk forening
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_2025010983041_001_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/2b84fb31339a22b96f2942b437d3900d
id:
f2982fb6f354214fae0ae2cddfc6daa2
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2025071583117_001
title:
Rosenkilden : næringslivsmagasinet. 2025 Vol. 31 Nr. 2
creators:
2 results
1. Stavanger næringsforening
2. Næringsforeningen i Stavanger-regionen
year:
2025
publisher:
Næringsforeningen i Stavanger-regionen
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_2025071583117_001_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/f2982fb6f354214fae0ae2cddfc6daa2
id:
00f8ff1ae8f0b340cb779d764b84fe65
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2023072183014_001
title:
Miljø & teknikk (trykt utg.) : hovedorgan for Norsk kommunalteknisk forening. 2023 Vol. 116 Nr. 2
creators:
2 results
1. Norsk kommunalteknisk forening
2. Norske kommunale ingeniørveseners forening
year:
2023
publisher:
Norsk kommunalteknisk forening
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_2023072183014_001_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/00f8ff1ae8f0b340cb779d764b84fe65
id:
f338265907ddb23e0e8a08d4238a5e2c
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2025120883029_001
title:
Rosenkilden : næringslivsmagasinet. 2025 Vol. 31 Nr. 5
creators:
2 results
1. Stavanger næringsforening
2. Næringsforeningen i Stavanger-regionen
year:
2025
publisher:
Næringsforeningen i Stavanger-regionen
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_2025120883029_001_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/f338265907ddb23e0e8a08d4238a5e2c
id:
b959b2f422786bc95e575ad64e655235
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2024072683025_001
title:
Rosenkilden : næringslivsmagasinet. 2024 Vol. 30 Nr. 3
creators:
2 results
1. Stavanger næringsforening
2. Næringsforeningen i Stavanger-regionen
year:
2024
publisher:
Næringsforeningen i Stavanger-regionen
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_2024072683025_001_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/b959b2f422786bc95e575ad64e655235
id:
e3b399ebbd291ee5af0bcf955c14190c
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2024022783115_001
title:
Rosenkilden : næringslivsmagasinet. 2024 Vol. 30 Nr. 1
creators:
2 results
1. Stavanger næringsforening
2. Næringsforeningen i Stavanger-regionen
year:
2024
publisher:
Næringsforeningen i Stavanger-regionen
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_2024022783115_001_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/e3b399ebbd291ee5af0bcf955c14190c
id:
6e55ec444d0ccb9e1b6367550947df54
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_pliktmonografi_000049309
title:
Fra sams og samling : konsekvenser ved overføring av fylkesvegadministrasjon fra Statens vegvesen til fylkeskommunene fra 1.1.2020, og vurderinger av alternativer
creators:
not reported by source
year:
2018
publisher:
Samferdselsdepartementet
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_000049309_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/6e55ec444d0ccb9e1b6367550947df54
id:
f4c9230f38b3280611116487548a8427
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2022042080103_001
title:
Krigsropet (trykt utg.) : for evangelisering og kristenliv. 2022 Vol. 135 Nr. 11
creators:
1 results
1. Frelsesarmeen
year:
2022
publisher:
Frelsesarmeen.
media_types:
1 results
1. tidsskrift
languages:
1 results
1. nob
county:
not reported by source
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_digitidsskrift_2022042080103_001_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/f4c9230f38b3280611116487548a8427
id:
ccf138a46a4181f45b087b0a55a139df
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_adresseavisen_null_null_20050813_239_185_1
title:
Adresseavisen
creators:
not reported by source
year:
20050813
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_adresseavisen_null_null_20050813_239_185_1-1_001_null/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/ccf138a46a4181f45b087b0a55a139df
id:
edf905c6fd629b0202d077e26ca549d2
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2024120983003_001
title:
Bedriftskatalogen BizKit (rosa sider : trykt utg.). 2003
creators:
1 results
1. Findexa
year:
2003
publisher:
Findexa
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_2024120983003_001_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/edf905c6fd629b0202d077e26ca549d2

limit:

offset:

returned:

has_more_results:

Will you use the result in generated code?

Open the same result as JSON

Is data missing or incorrect? Send feedback about this result.

Continue exploring

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.

AI agent? Read the complete navigation and programming guide.