Morgunblaðið
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 Morgunblaðið's front page, 8 December 2005 | |
| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Owner(s) | Árvakur |
| Founder(s) | Vilhjálmur Finsen Ólafur Björnsson |
| Editor | Davíð Oddsson and Haraldur Johannessen |
| Founded | 1913 |
| Political alignment | Centre-right |
| Headquarters | Reykjavík, Iceland |
| ISSN | 1021-7266 |
| Website | www |
Morgunblaðið (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈmɔrkʏnˌplaːðɪθ], The Morning Paper) is an Icelandic newspaper. Morgunblaðið's website, mbl.is, is the most popular website in Iceland.[1]
History[]
Morgunblaðið was founded by Vilhjálmur Finsen and Ólafur Björnsson, brother of Iceland's first president. The first issue, only eight pages long, was published on 2 November 1913.
In a controversial decision, the owners of the paper decided in September 2009 to appoint Davíð Oddsson, a member of the Independence Party, Iceland's longest-serving Prime Minister and former Governor of the Central Bank, as one of the two editors of the paper.[2]
See also[]
- List of newspapers in Iceland
- List of non-English newspapers with English language subsections
References[]
- ^ "Mbl.is Traffic, Topplisti innlend umferð - Gallup". topplistar.gallup.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 2018-10-18.
- ^ (24.9.2009). Davíð og Haraldur ritstjórar. MBL.
External links[]
- Morgunblaðið website
- Morgunblaðið in the VESTNORD project - Archive with all issues from 1913-1993
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Categories:
- Publications established in 1913
- Newspapers published in Iceland
- 1913 establishments in Iceland
- Mass media in Reykjavík
- Icelandic-language newspapers