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)
 - Ólafur Jónsson (ca. 1560 – 1627)
 - 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) Káinn (usually), K. N. (sometimes) or K. N. Julius (seldom)
 - 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 (born 1949)
 - Þórdís Gísladóttir (born 1987)
 
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