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
References
- 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
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