Skírnir (magazine)
Skírnir has been an Icelandic humanities journal that has been published every six months since 1827 and specializes in literature , history and philosophy .
Skírnir is the oldest magazine published in Iceland to this day and is published by the Icelandic Literary Society ( Hið íslenzka bókmenntafélag ), founded in 1816 . It is named after Skirnir , a figure in Norse mythology .
Publication history and issues
The first edition came out in Copenhagen in the autumn of 1827 and appeared there until 1890, after which Reykjavík became the place of publication. Initially, news texts of political content from abroad were published similar to the articles in the previous publication Íslenzk sagnablöð , the organ of the Icelandic Literary Society, of which the first editor of the magazine Finnur Magnússon was one of the founding members . It was not until 1900 that it became a scientific and cultural magazine.
The editions of the years 1827 to 1940 are available in digitized form.
Editors since 1827
- Finnur Magnússon , 1827
- Þórður Jónassen , 1828–1829
- Baldvin Einarsson , 1830
- Þórður Jónassen , 1831–1835
- Konráð Gíslason and Jónas Hallgrímsson , 1836
- Jón Sigurðsson and Magnús Hákonarson , 1837
- Magnús Hákonarson , 1838
- Brynjólfur Pétursson , 1839–1841
- Gunnlaugur Þórðarson , 1844–1845
- Grímur Thomsen , 1846
- Gunnlaugur Þórðarson , 1847
- Gísli Magnússon and Halldór Friðriksson , 1848
- Gunnlaugur Þórðarson , 1849–1851
- Jón Guðmundsson , 1852
- Arnljótur Ólafsson and Sveinn Skúlason , 1853
- Sveinn Skúlason , 1854
- Arnljótur Ólafsson , 1855-1860
- Guðbrandur Vigfússon , 1861–1862
- Eiríkur Jónsson , 1863–1872
- Björn Jónsson , 1873–1874
- Eiríkur Jónsson , 1875
- Guðmundur Þorláksson , 1876
- Eiríkur Jónsson , 1877–1887
- Jón Stefánsson , 1888-1891
- Jón Stefánsson and Einar H. Kvaran, 1892
- Ólafur Davíðsson and Einar H. Kvaran , 1893
- Einar H. Kvaran , 1894-1895
- Jón Ólafsson , 1896–1902
- Þorsteinn Gíslason , 1903
- (Skírnir 1904 not published)
- Guðmundur Finnbogason , 1905–1907
- Einar H. Kvaran , 1908-1909
- Bjorn Bjarnason , 1910-1912
- Guðmundur Finnbogason , 1913–1920
- Árni Pálsson , 1921–1929
- Einar Arnórsson , 1930
- Árni Pálsson , 1931–1932
- Guðmundur Finnbogason , 1933–1943
- Einar Ól. Sveinsson , 1944-1953
- Halldór Halldórsson , 1954–1967
- Ólafur Jónsson , 1968–1983
- Kristján Karlsson and Sigurður Líndal , 1984–1986
- Vilhjálmur Árnason , 1987–1988
- Vilhjálmur Árnason and Ástráður Eysteinsson , 1989–1994
- Jón Karl Helgason and Róbert H. Haraldsson , 1995–1999
- Svavar Hrafn Svavarsson and Sveinn Yngvi Egilsson , 2000–2005
- Halldór Guðmundsson , 2006 -
literature
- Sigurður Líndal: Skírnir 175 ára . In: Skírnir , Autumn 2001, pp. 273–283. (PDF; 84 kB; Icelandic)
Web links
- Magazine website (Icelandic)
- Skírnir , online editions from 1827 to 1940
Individual evidence
- ↑ Josef Calasanz Poestion : Icelandic poets of the modern age in characteristics and translated samples of their poetry . With an overview of the intellectual life in Iceland since the Reformation. Meyer, Leipzig 1897, p. 169 ( online Internet Archive - reprint: Severus-Verlag, Hamburg 2011, ISBN 978-3-86347-116-3 ).