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List of Icelandic-language poets

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List of Icelandic language poets is a list of poets that write or have written in the Icelandic language, either in Old Norse or a more modern form of Icelandic. Hence the list includes a few Norwegians and an earl of the Orkney Islands. The names given are usually each poet's first name and patronym, unless they are better known by a nickname or a chosen pen name. All names are given in their Modern Icelandic form.

NameDatesAlternative Name(s)Nationality (if not Icelandic)
Bragi Boddasonfl. 9th centuryBragi inn gamli BoddasonNorwegian
Þjóðólfur úr Hvinifl. 9th centuryNorwegian
Þorbjörn hornklofifl. 9th centuryNorwegian
Egill Skalla-Grímssonc. 910 – c. 990
Eyvindur skáldaspillirfl. 10th centuryEyvindur FinnssonNorwegian
Kormákur Ögmundarsonfl. 10th century
Einar skálaglammfl. 10th centuryEinar Helgason
Gunnlaugur ormstungac. 983 – c. 1008Gunnlaugur Illugason
Hallfreður vandræðaskáldfl. 10th – 11th centuriesHallfreður Óttarsson
Sighvatur Þórðarsonfl. 11th century
Þórarinn loftungafl. 11th century
Arnór jarlaskáldfl. 11th centuryArnór Þórðarson
Rögnvaldur Kolssondied 1158Rögnvaldur jarl kalifrom Orkney
Einar Skúlasonfl. 12th century
Kolbeinn Tumasondied 1208
Snorri Sturluson1179 – 1241
Þórir Steinfinnssondied 1238Þórir jökull
Ólafur hvítaskálddied 1259Ólafur Þórðarson
Sturla Þórðarson1214 – 1284
Eysteinn Ásgrímssondied 1360
Jón Arason1484 – 1550
Magnús Jónssondied 1595Magnús prúði
Jón Bjarnasonc. 1560 – after 1630
Ólafur Jónssonc. 1560 – 1627
Hallgrímur Pétursson1614 – 1674
Steinunn Finnsdóttirc. 1640 – c. 1710
Eggert Ólafsson1726 – 1768
Hannes Bjarnason1777 – 1838
Bjarni Thorarensen1786 – 1841
Sveinbjörn Egilsson1791 – 1852
Bólu-Hjálmar1796 – 1875*Hjálmar Jónsson*
Sigurður Breiðfjörð1798 – 1846
Jónas Hallgrímsson1807 – 1845
Jón Thoroddsen1818 – 1868
Grímur Thomsen1820 – 1896
Páll Ólafsson1827 – 1905
Steingrímur Thorsteinsson1831 – 1913
Matthías Jochumsson1835 – 1920
Stephan G. Stephansson1853 – 1927Stefán Guðmundur Guðmundsson
Þorsteinn Erlingsson1858 – 1914
Kristjan Niels Julius1860 – 1936Káinn (usually)
K. N. (sometimes)
K. N. Julius (seldom)
Hannes Hafstein1861 – 1922
Einar Benediktsson1864 – 1940
Jóhann Sigurjónsson1880 – 1919
Hulda1881 – 1947Unnur Benediktsdóttir Bjarklind
Davíð Stefánsson1895 – 1964
Jóhannes úr Kötlum1899 – 1972Jóhannes Jónasson
Jón Helgason1899 – 1986
Tómas Guðmundsson1901 – 1983
Þórbergur Þórðarson1889 – 1974
Halldór Laxness1902 – 1998Halldór Kiljan Laxness
Halldór Guðjónsson
Steinn Steinarr1908 – 1958Aðalsteinn Kristmundsson
Kristján Eldjárn1916 – 1982
Sveinbjörn Beinteinsson1924 – 1993Sveinbjörn allsherjargoði
Sigfús Daðason1928 – 1996
Ari Jósefsson1939 – 1964
Þórarinn Eldjárnborn 1949
Þórdís Gísladóttirborn 1965
Valdimar Tómassonborn 1971
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