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)
- Einar skálaglamm (Fl. 10th century) Einar Helgason
- Gunnlaugur ormstunga (Ca. 983 - ca. 1008) Gunnlaugur Illugason
- Hallfreður vandræðaskáld (Fl. 10th – 11th centuries) Hallfreður Óttarsson
- 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 Orkney)
- 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)
- Jón Arason (1484 – 1550)
- Magnús Jónsson (d. 1595) Magnús prúði
- Jón Bjarnason (ca. 1560 – after 1630)
- Einar Sigurðsson (1538 – 1626)
- Ólafur Jónsson (ca. 1560 – 1627)
- Magnús Ólafsson (1573 – 1636)
- Hallgrímur Pétursson (1614 – 1674)
- Steinunn Finnsdóttir (Ca. 1640 – ca. 1710)
- Eggert Ólafsson (1726 – 1768)
- 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)
- Páll Ólafsson (1827 – 1905)
- Steingrímur Thorsteinsson (1831 – 1913)
- Matthías Jochumsson (1835 – 1920)
- Stephan G. Stephansson (1853 – 1927) Stefán Guðmundur Guðmundsson
- Þorsteinn Erlingsson (1858 – 1914)
- Kristjan Niels Julius (1860 – 1936) K. N. Julius
- Hannes Hafstein (1861 – 1922)
- Einar Benediktsson (1864 – 1940)
- Jóhann Sigurjónsson (1880 – 1919)
- Hulda (1881 – 1947) Unnur Benediktsdóttir Bjarklind
- Davíð Stefánsson (1895 – 1964)
- Jóhannes úr Kötlum (1899 – 1972) Jóhannes Jónasson
- Jón Helgason
- Tómas Guðmundsson (1901 – 1983)
- 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
- Sigfús Daðason (1928 - 1996)
- Þórarinn Eldjárn (b. 1949)
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