List of newspapers in Iceland explained

The number of national daily newspapers in Iceland was just five in 1950 and in 1965.^[1] This is a list of both current and defunct newspapers in Iceland:

Current daily newspapers

• Morgunblaðið – founded in 1913

Current weekly newspapers

• Feykir – weekly regional newspaper for the North-West of Iceland^[2]
• Heimildin – founded in 2023 with the merger of Stundin and Kjarninn
• The Reykjavík Grapevine – describes itself as a newspaper; publishes some 18 issues a year
• Skessuhorn – weekly news for the West Coast of Iceland; founded 1998^[3]
• Viðskiptablaðið – weekly business newspaper
• Vikudagur – weekly news for the North of Iceland; Founded in 2020 with the merge of Skarpur and Vikudagur^[4]

Current bi-weekly newspapers

• Austurland – bi-weekly regional newspaper
• Bændablaðið – founded in 1995
• Eyjafréttir – local newspaper for Vestmannaeyjar; founded in 1974 as Fréttir^[5]
• Norðurland – bi-weekly regional newspaper
• Suðri – bi-weekly regional newspaper
• Suðurnesjablaðið – bi-weekly regional newspaper
• Vestfirðir – bi-weekly regional newspaper
• Vesturland – bi-weekly regional newspaper

Current online newspapers

• Austurfrétt – regional online newspaper for eastern Iceland^[6]
• Fjarðarfréttir – online newspaper focused on the town of Hafnarfjörður. Founded in 1969 as a newspaper^[7]
• Bæjarins besta – regional online newspaper for the Westfjords; founded 1984 and a weekly paper until 1997
• DV
• Hafnarfréttir – online newspaper focused on the municipality of Ölfus^[8]
• Heimildin
• IceNews^[9]
• Kaffið.is – regional online newspaper for north Iceland^[10]
• Morgunblaðið
• RÚV
• Viljinn
• Vísir.is

Defunct

• 24 stundir – formerly known as Blaðið^[11]
• Alþýðublaðið – social-democratic newspaper;1919–1998^[11]
• Dagblaðið – founded in 1975, merged with Vísir in 1981 as Dagblaðið-Vísir or DV
• Dagur – 1918–1996, 1997–2001^[11]
• Dagur - Tíminn – 1996–1997^[11]
• Eintak – weekly newspaper;1993–1994
• Fréttablaðið – 2001–2023; daily paper
• Fréttatíminn – weekly news for the capital area, later expanded to three issues a week;^[11] 2010–2017
• Helgarpósturinn – weekly newspaper; 1979–1988^[11]
• Ísafold weekly newspaper; 1874–1929. Merged with Morgunblaðið
• Kjarninn – online newspaper; merged with Stundin in 2023
• Morgunpósturinn – weekly newspaper later known as Helgarpósturinn; 1994–1997^[11]
• Pressan – weekly newspaper; 1988–1994^[11]
• Stundin – bi-weekly newspapers founded in 2015 by former staff of DV; merged with Kjarninn in 2023
• Tíminn – agrarian daily; the Progressive Party. Merged with Dagur in 1996^[11]
• Vestfirska fréttablaðið – weekly regional newspaper; 1975–1996 in the Westfjords^[12]
• Vikublaðið – weekly socialist newspaper; 1992–1997^[11]
• Vikudagur – weekly news for the North of Iceland; merged with Skarpur in 2020 and became Vikublaðið^[4]
• Vísir – founded in 1910 initially as a right-wing newspaper; merged with Dagblaðið in 1981
• Þjóðviljinn – socialist newspaper; 1936–1992^[11]

See also

• List of online newspapers in Iceland

Notes and References

1. Book: A Virtuous Circle: Political Communications in Post-Industrial Societies. Cambridge University Press. New York. Pippa Norris. 6 October 2013. Chapter 4 The Decline of Newspapers?. Fall 2000.
2. Web site: Um Feyki . feykir.is . Feykir . 1 April 2023 . Icelandic.
3. Web site: Fyrirtækið . skessuhorn.is . Skessuhorn . 1 April 2023 . Icelandic.
4. News: Ingólfur Stefánsson . Vikudagur breytir um nafn og sameinast Skarpi . 1 April 2023 . Kaffið.is . 26 June 2020 . Icelandic.
5. Web site: Um Eyjafréttir . eyjafrettir.is . Eyjafréttir . 1 April 2023 . Icelandic.
6. Web site: Um okkur . austurfrett.is . 17 December 2015 . Austurfrétt . 1 April 2023 . Icelandic.
7. Web site: Fjarðarfréttir – Bæjarblað og fréttavefur Hafnfirðinga en nafnið á sér langa sögu . Fjarðarfréttir . 26 April 2023 . Icelandic.
8. Web site: Um Hafnarfréttir . hafnarfrettir.is . Hafnarfréttir . 26 April 2023 . Icelandic.
9. Web site: About . icenews.is . 30 July 2007 . IceNews . 1 April 2023 . Icelandic.
10. Web site: Um Kaffið.is . kaffid.is . 16 September 2016 . Kaffið.is . 1 April 2023 . Icelandic.
11. News: Brynjólfur Þór Guðmundsson . Blöðin sem hurfu af sjónarsviðinu . 1 April 2023 . . 31 March 2023 . Icelandic.
12. Web site: Vestfirska fréttablaðið . . 26 April 2023 . Icelandic.