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The number of national daily newspapers in Iceland was just five in 1950 and in 1965. 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
• 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
• Viðskiptablaðið – weekly business newspaper
• Vikudagur – weekly news for the North of Iceland; Founded in 2020 with the merge of Skarpur and Vikudagur

Current bi-weekly newspapers

• Austurland – bi-weekly regional newspaper
• Bændablaðið – founded in 1995
• Eyjafréttir – local newspaper for Vestmannaeyjar; founded in 1974 as Fréttir
• 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
• Fjarðarfréttir – online newspaper focused on the town of Hafnarfjörður. Founded in 1969 as a newspaper
• 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
• Heimildin
• IceNews
• Kaffið.is – regional online newspaper for north Iceland
• Morgunblaðið
• RÚV
• Viljinn
• Vísir.is

Defunct

• 24 stundir – formerly known as Blaðið
• Alþýðublaðið – social-democratic newspaper;1919–1998
• Dagblaðið – founded in 1975, merged with Vísir in 1981 as Dagblaðið-Vísir or DV
• Dagur – 1918–1996, 1997–2001
• Dagur - Tíminn – 1996–1997
• Eintak – weekly newspaper;1993–1994
• Fréttablaðið – 2001–2023; daily paper
• Fréttatíminn – weekly news for the capital area, later expanded to three issues a week; 2010–2017
• Helgarpósturinn – weekly newspaper; 1979–1988
• 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
• Pressan – weekly newspaper; 1988–1994
• 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
• Vestfirska fréttablaðið – weekly regional newspaper; 1975–1996 in the Westfjords
• Vikublaðið – weekly socialist newspaper; 1992–1997
• Vikudagur – weekly news for the North of Iceland; merged with Skarpur in 2020 and became Vikublaðið
• Vísir – founded in 1910 initially as a right-wing newspaper; merged with Dagblaðið in 1981
• Þjóðviljinn – socialist newspaper; 1936–1992

See also

• List of online newspapers in Iceland

References

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. ^ 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. ^ 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.

• Newspapers published in Iceland
• Lists of newspapers by country
• Lists of mass media in Iceland