''Morgunblaðið'' (, ''The Morning Paper'') is an Icelandic newspaper. ''Morgunblaðið''s website, mbl.is, is the most popular website in Iceland.

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. On 25 February 1964, the paper first printed a

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which featured the first landings on Surtsey. He became a permanent cartoonist for ''Morgunblaðið'' in 1975 and worked there until October 2008. 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. In May 2010,

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was hired as the papers cartoonist. He became known for controversial drawings on topics such as

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and

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. 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 would tone down his latest submissions.

References

External links

''Morgunblaðið'' website

''Morgunblaðið'' in the VESTNORD project
- Archive with all issues from 1913 to 2017 {{DEFAULTSORT:Morgunbladid Newspapers established in 1913 Daily newspapers published in Iceland 1913 establishments in Iceland Mass media in Reykjavík Icelandic-language newspapers

History

See also

References

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