List of Icelandic-language poets

See also: List of Icelandic writers

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.

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Name	Dates	Alternative Name(s)	Nationality (if not Icelandic)
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	c. 910 – c. 990
Eyvindur skáldaspillir	fl. 10th century	Eyvindur Finnsson	Norwegian
Kormákur Ögmundarson	fl. 10th century
Einar skálaglamm	fl. 10th century	Einar Helgason
Gunnlaugur ormstunga	c. 983 – c. 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	died 1158	Rögnvaldur jarl kali	from Orkney
Einar Skúlason	fl. 12th century
Kolbeinn Tumason	died 1208
Snorri Sturluson	1179 – 1241
Þórir Steinfinnsson	died 1238	Þórir jökull
Ólafur hvítaskáld	died 1259	Ólafur Þórðarson
Sturla Þórðarson	1214 – 1284
Eysteinn Ásgrímsson	died 1360
Jón Arason	1484 – 1550
Magnús Jónsson	died 1595	Magnús prúði
Jón Bjarnason	c. 1560 – after 1630
Ólafur Jónsson	c. 1560 – 1627
Hallgrímur Pétursson	1614 – 1674
Steinunn Finnsdóttir	c. 1640 – c. 1710
Eggert Ólafsson	1726 – 1768
Hannes Bjarnason	1777 – 1838
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) 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	1899 – 1986
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
Ari Jósefsson	1939 – 1964
Þórarinn Eldjárn	born 1949
Þórdís Gísladóttir	born 1965
Valdimar Tómasson	born 1971