List of newspapers in Iceland

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