List of newspapers in Iceland
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[edit]
- Morgunblaðið – founded in 1913
Current weekly newspapers[edit]
- 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[edit]
- 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[edit]
- 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[edit]
- 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[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Pippa Norris (Fall 2000). "Chapter 4 The Decline of Newspapers?". A Virtuous Circle: Political Communications in Post-Industrial Societies (PDF). New York: Cambridge University Press. Retrieved 6 October 2013.
- ^ "Um Feyki". feykir.is (in Icelandic). Feykir. Retrieved 1 April 2023.
- ^ "Fyrirtækið". skessuhorn.is (in Icelandic). Skessuhorn. Retrieved 1 April 2023.
- ^ a b Ingólfur Stefánsson (26 June 2020). "Vikudagur breytir um nafn og sameinast Skarpi". Kaffið.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 1 April 2023.
- ^ "Um Eyjafréttir". eyjafrettir.is (in Icelandic). Eyjafréttir. Retrieved 1 April 2023.
- ^ "Um okkur". austurfrett.is (in Icelandic). Austurfrétt. 17 December 2015. Retrieved 1 April 2023.
- ^ "Fjarðarfréttir – Bæjarblað og fréttavefur Hafnfirðinga en nafnið á sér langa sögu" (in Icelandic). Fjarðarfréttir. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
- ^ "Um Hafnarfréttir". hafnarfrettir.is (in Icelandic). Hafnarfréttir. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
- ^ "About". icenews.is (in Icelandic). IceNews. 30 July 2007. Retrieved 1 April 2023.
- ^ "Um Kaffið.is". kaffid.is (in Icelandic). Kaffið.is. 16 September 2016. Retrieved 1 April 2023.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Brynjólfur Þór Guðmundsson (31 March 2023). "Blöðin sem hurfu af sjónarsviðinu". RÚV (in Icelandic). Retrieved 1 April 2023.
- ^ "Vestfirska fréttablaðið". Tímarit.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 26 April 2023.