Morgunblaðið

Morgunblaðið ({{#invoke:IPA|main}}, The Morning Paper) is an Icelandic daily newspaper. MorgunblaðiðTemplate:'s website, mbl.is, is the most popular website in Iceland. It is currently the country's only daily printed newspaper and the newspaper of record.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

History

Morgunblaðið was founded by Vilhjálmur Finsen and Ólafur Björnsson, brother of Iceland's first president, Sveinn Björnsson. The first issue, only eight pages long, was published on 2 November 1913.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

On 25 February 1964, the paper first printed a caricature by Sigmúnd Jóhannsson which featured the first landings on Surtsey.<ref name="morgunbladid-2004">Template:Cite news</ref> He became a permanent cartoonist for Morgunblaðið in 1975 and worked there until October 2008.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In May 2010, Helgi Sigurðsson was hired as the papers cartoonist. He became known for controversial drawings on topics such as immigration, refugees and COVID-19.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> His last drawing was published on 14 December 2021. On 7 January 2022, it was reported that Helgi had resigned from Morgunblaðið, following editorial requests that he tone down his latest submissions.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

See also

• List of newspapers in Iceland
• List of non-English newspapers with English language subsections

External links

• Morgunblaðið website
• Archives of Morgunblaðið via Timarit.is (recent issues under 3 years are not available).