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

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 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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