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)
  • 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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