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

Current weekly newspapers
  • DV – merger of Dagblaðið and Vísir in 1981
  • The Reykjavík Grapevine – describes itself as a newspaper; publishes some 18 issues a year
  • Skessuhorn – weekly news for the West Coast of Iceland
  • Vikudagur – weekly news for the North of Iceland
  • Viðskiptablaðið – weekly business newspaper

Current bi-weekly newspapers
  • Stundin – founded in 2015 by former staff of DV
  • Bændablaðið – founded in 1995

Current online newspapers
  • IceNews
  • Kjarninn
  • Viljinn

Defunct
  • 24 stundir – formerly known as Blaðið
  • Alþýðublaðið – social-democratic newspaper
  • Dagblaðið – founded in 1975, merged with Vísir in 1981 as Dagblaðið-Vísir or DV
  • Dagur
  • Eintak – weekly newspaper
  • Fréttatíminn – founded 2010; weekly news for the capital area
  • Helgarpósturinn – weekly newspaper
  • Ísafold
  • Pressan – weekly newspaper
  • Þjóðviljinn – socialist newspaper; 1936–1992
  • Tíminn – agrarian daily; the Progressive Party
  • Vikublaðið – weekly socialist newspaper
  • Vísir – founded in 1910 initially as a right-wing newspaper; merged with Dagblaðið in 1981

See also

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.
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