List of Icelandic language poets

List of Icelandic language poets

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 he or she is better known by a nickname or a chosen pen name. All names are given in their Modern Icelandic form.

* Bragi Boddason (Fl. 9th century) "Bragi inn gamli Boddason" (Norwegian)
* Þjóðólfur úr Hvini (Fl. 9th century) (Norwegian)
* Þorbjörn hornklofi (Fl. 9th century) (Norwegian)
* Egill Skalla-Grímsson (Ca. 910 - ca. 990)
* Eyvindur skáldaspillir (Fl. 10th century) "Eyvindur Finnsson" (Norwegian)
* Kormákur Ögmundarson (Fl. 10th century)
* Þórarinn Þórólfsson (Fl. 10th century) "Þórarinn svarti" or "Þórarinn Máhlíðingur"
* Einar skálaglamm (Fl. 10th century) "Einar Helgason"
* Gunnlaugur ormstunga (Ca. 983 - ca. 1008) "Gunnlaugur Illugason"
* Hallfreður vandræðaskáld (Fl. 10th – 11th centuries) "Hallfreður Óttarsson"
* Þormóður Kolbrúnarskáld (Fl. 11th century) "Þormóður Bersason"
* Sighvatur Þórðarson (Fl. 11th century)
* Þórarinn loftunga (Fl. 11th century)
* Arnór jarlaskáld (Fl. 11th century) "Arnór Þórðarson"
* Rögnvaldur Kolsson (d. 1158) "Rögnvaldur jarl kali" (from the Orkneys)
* Einar Skúlason (Fl. 12th century)
* Kolbeinn Tumason (d. 1208)
* Snorri Sturluson (1179 – 1241)
* Þórir Steinfinnsson (d. 1238) "Þórir jökull "
* Ólafur hvítaskáld (d. 1259) "Ólafur Þórðarson"
* Sturla Þórðarson (1214 – 1284)
* Eysteinn Ásgrímsson (d. 1360)
* Loftur Guttormsson (d. 1432) "Loftur ríki "
* Skáld-Sveinn (Fl. 14th century)
* Svartur Þórðarson "Svartur á Hofstöðum"
* Jón Arason (1484 – 1550)
* Magnús Jónsson (d. 1595) "Magnús prúði"
* Staðarhóls-Páll (d. 1598) "Páll Jónsson"
* Einar Sigurðsson (1538 – 1626)
* Bjarni Jónsson (Fl. 17th century) "Bjarni Borgfirðingaskáld"
* Ólafur Einarsson (Ca. 1573 – 1651)
* Hallgrímur Pétursson (1614 – 1674)
* Stefán Ólafsson (1619 – 1688)
* Bjarni Gissurarson (1621 – 1712)
* Steinunn Finnsdóttir (Ca. 1640 – ca. 1710)
* Páll Vídalín (1667 – 1727)
* Jón Sigurðsson (1685 – 1720)
* Eggert Ólafsson (1726 – 1768)
* Gunnar Pálsson (1714 – 1791)
* Björn Halldórsson (1724 – 1794)
* Jón Þorláksson (1744 – 1819)
* Benedikt Jónsson Gröndal (1762 – 1825)
* Bjarni Thorarensen (1786 – 1841)
* Sveinbjörn Egilsson (1791 – 1852)
* Bólu-Hjálmar (1796 – 1875) "Hjálmar Jónsson"
* Sigurður Breiðfjörð (1798 – 1846)
* Jónas Hallgrímsson (1807 – 1845)
* Jón Thoroddsen (1818 – 1868)
* Grímur Thomsen (1820 – 1896)
* Benedikt Gröndal Sveinbjarnarson (1826 – 1907)
* Páll Ólafsson (1827 – 1905)
* Steingrímur Thorsteinsson (1831 – 1913)
* Matthías Jochumsson (1835 – 1920)
* Kristján Jónsson (1842 – 1869) "Kristján fjallaskáld"
* Stephan G. Stephansson (1853 – 1927) "Stefán Guðmundur Guðmundsson"
* Þorsteinn Erlingsson (1858 – 1914)
* Fornólfur (1859 – 1924) "Jón Þorkelsson"
* Hannes Hafstein (1861 – 1922)
* Einar Benediktsson (1864 – 1940)
* Gestur (1864 – 1937) "Guðmundur Björnsson"
* Þorsteinn Gíslason (1867 – 1938)
* Guðmundur Friðjónsson (1869 – 1944)
* Guðmundur Guðmundsson (1874 – 1919) "Guðmundur skólaskáld"
* Sigurður Sigurðsson (1879 – 1938) "Sigurður frá Arnarholti"
* Jóhann Sigurjónsson (1880 – 1919)
* Hulda (1881 – 1947) "Unnur Benediktsdóttir Bjarklind"
* Theodora Thoroddsen (1863 – 1954)
* Jóhann Gunnar Sigurðsson (1882 – 1906)
* Örn Arnarson (1884 – 1942) "Magnús Stefánsson"
* Jakob Thorarensen
* Jónas Guðlaugsson (1887 – 1916)
* Stefán frá Hvítadal (1887 – 1933) "Stefán Sigurðsson"
* Davíð Stefánsson (1895 – 1964)
* Jón Magnússon (1896 – 1944)
* Jóhannes úr Kötlum (1899 – 1972) "Jóhannes Jónasson"
* Jón Helgason
* Tómas Guðmundsson (1901 – 1983)
* Magnús Ásgeirsson (1901 – 1955)
* Guðmundur Böðvarsson (1904 – 1974)
* Þórbergur Þórðarson (1889 – 1974)
* Halldór Laxness (1902 – 1998) "Halldór Kiljan Laxness", "Halldór Guðjónsson"
* Steinn Steinarr (1908 – 1958) "Aðalsteinn Kristmundsson"
* Kristján Eldjárn (1916 – 1982)
* Sveinbjörn Beinteinsson (1924 – 1993) "Sveinbjörn allsherjargoði"
* Dagur Sigurðarson (1937 – 1994) "Dagur Sigurðarson Thoroddsen"
* Þórarinn Eldjárn (b. 1949)


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