''Ísafold'' was an Icelandic

newspaper A newspaper is a Periodical literature, periodical publication containing written News, information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background. Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as poli ...

, published weekly. It was founded in 1874 by the politician Björn Jónsson, who was the editor until 1909, when he became

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. ''Ísafold'' was published until 1929, when it merged with ''

Morgunblaðið ''Morgunblaðið'' (, ''The Morning Paper'') is an Icelandic daily newspaper. ''Morgunblaðið''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. Hi ...

''.

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