List of newspapers in Iceland

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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:

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Current daily newspapers

Current weekly newspapers

Current bi-weekly newspapers

Current online newspapers

Defunct

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