title: List of newspapers in Iceland
text: 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
  
  List
  Iceland
  Newspapers