Dagblaðið

Dagblaðið
"Free, independent newspaper"
Type	Daily newspaper
Editor	Jónas Kristjánsson (1975-1981)
Founded	1975
Language	Icelandic
Ceased publication	1981
Country	Iceland
ISSN	1670-0880
	Media of Iceland; List of newspapers;

Dagblaðið (transl. The Daily Paper) was an Icelandic newspaper founded in 1975 by former employees of Vísir with Jónas Kristjánsson as its first editor. It marked a breakthrough in Icelandic newspaper publication as it was the first major newspaper that was independent of political parties.^[1]^[2] Its first edition was published on 8 September the same year.^[3]

On 26 November 1981, Dagblaðið and Vísir merged to form Dagblaðið Vísir.^[4]

References

^ Hólmfríður Dagný Friðjónsdóttir (30 June 2018). "Jónas Kristjánsson ritstjóri látinn". RÚV (in Icelandic). Retrieved 30 June 2018.
^ "Dagblaðið á mánudag". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 6 September 1975. p. 2. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
^ "Dagblaðið 1.árg - 1.tbl". Dagblaðið (in Icelandic). 8 September 1975. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
^ "Sameinað og stærra blað á markaðinn". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). 26 November 1981. Retrieved 2 July 2018.