List of magazines in Iceland

Magazines in Iceland appeared during the late 18th century in the form of secular reading materials.^[1] The number of magazines significantly expanded in the last decades of the 19th century.^[1]

One of the earliest lifestyle magazines in Iceland is Nýtt Líf which was founded in 1978.^[2] The National Union of Icelandic Journalists publishes a biannual magazine covering journalistic activities in the country.^[3]

The following is an incomplete list of current and defunct magazines published in Iceland.

F

• Fjölnir

I

• Icelandic Geographic
• Iceland Review

M

• Mannlíf^[4]

N

• Nýtt Líf

R

• The Reykjavík Grapevine

References

1. Hrafnkell Lárusson (2019). "Handwritten Journals in 19th- and Early 20th-Century Iceland". In Heiko Droste; Kirsti Salmi-Niklander (eds.). Handwritten Newspapers: An Alternative Medium during the Early Modern and Modern Periods. Vol. 26. Helsinki: Finnish Literature Society. pp. 147–169. doi:10.21435/sfh.26. ISBN 978-951-858-159-1. JSTOR j.ctv11991n1.11.
2. Bára Jóhannesdóttir Guðrúnardóttir; Ingólfur V. Gíslason (2013). "Gender display in a lifestyle magazine in Iceland 1978 to 2009". Arctic & Antartica. 7 (4): 32.
3. Valgerður Jóhannsdóttir; et al. (2021). "Iceland: A small media system facing increasing challenges". In J. Trappel; T. Tomaz (eds.). The Media for Democracy Monitor 2021: How Leading News Media Survive Digital Transformation. Vol. 2. Gothenburg: Nordicom. p. 301. doi:10.48335/9789188855428-7.
4. "Hjördís Rut Sigurjónsdóttir". Nordregio. 30 January 2018. Retrieved 31 March 2024.