List of newspapers in Iceland

Summary

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

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

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "Um Feyki". feykir.is (in Icelandic). Feykir. Retrieved 1 April 2023.
  3. ^ "Fyrirtækið". skessuhorn.is (in Icelandic). Skessuhorn. Retrieved 1 April 2023.
  4. ^ a b Ingólfur Stefánsson (26 June 2020). "Vikudagur breytir um nafn og sameinast Skarpi". Kaffið.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 1 April 2023.
  5. ^ "Um Eyjafréttir". eyjafrettir.is (in Icelandic). Eyjafréttir. Retrieved 1 April 2023.
  6. ^ "Um okkur". austurfrett.is (in Icelandic). Austurfrétt. 17 December 2015. Retrieved 1 April 2023.
  7. ^ "Fjarðarfréttir – Bæjarblað og fréttavefur Hafnfirðinga en nafnið á sér langa sögu" (in Icelandic). Fjarðarfréttir. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
  8. ^ "Um Hafnarfréttir". hafnarfrettir.is (in Icelandic). Hafnarfréttir. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
  9. ^ "About". icenews.is (in Icelandic). IceNews. 30 July 2007. Retrieved 1 April 2023.
  10. ^ "Um Kaffið.is". kaffid.is (in Icelandic). Kaffið.is. 16 September 2016. Retrieved 1 April 2023.
  11. ^ 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.
  12. ^ "Vestfirska fréttablaðið". Tímarit.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 26 April 2023.