''Dagblaðið'' (, ) was an
Iceland
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ic
newspaper
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founded in 1975 by former employees of
Vísir
''Vísir'' was an Icelandic newspaper founded in December 1910 by Einar Gunnarsson, originally only distributed in and around Reykjavík. In 1967, Jónas Kristjánsson (newspaper editor), Jónas Kristjánsson became its editor. In 1975, he left t ...
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.
Its first edition was published on 8 September the same year.
On 26 November 1981, Dagblaðið and Vísir merged to form
Dagblaðið Vísir
''DV'' (''Dagblaðið Vísir'') is an online newspaper in Iceland published by Torg ehf. It came into existence as a daily newspaper in 1981 when two formerly independent newspapers, Vísir and Dagblaðið, merged.
Early on it was one of the lar ...
.
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National and University Library of Iceland
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1975 establishments in Iceland
Newspapers established in 1975
Daily newspapers published in Iceland
Defunct newspapers published in Iceland
Mass media in Reykjavík
Publications disestablished in 1981
1981 disestablishments in Iceland