List of Icelandic language poets is a list of poets that write or have written in the Icelandic language, either in Old Norse or a more modern form of Icelandic. Hence the list includes a few Norwegians and an earl of the Orkney Islands. The names in italics that follow are either names under which they are better known or their own chosen pen names. All names are given in their Modern Icelandic form. Bragi Boddason (Fl. 9th century) Bragi inn gamli Boddason (Norwegian) Þorbjörn hornklofi (Fl. 9th century) (Norwegian) Egill Skalla-Grímsson (Ca. 910 - ca. 990) Eyvindur Finnsson (Fl. 10th century) Eyvindur skáldaspillir (Norwegian) Kormákur Ögmundarson (Fl. 10th century) Hallfreður Óttarsson (Fl. 10th -11th centuries) Hallfreður vandræðaskáld Þormóður Kolbrúnarskáld (Fl. 11th century) Sighvatur Þórðarson (Fl. 11th century) Arnór Þórðarson Arnór jarlaskáld Rögnvaldur Kolsson Rögnvaldur jarl kali (from the Orkneys) Einar Skúlason Kolbeinn Tumason Snorri Sturluson Þórir Steinfinnsson Þórir jökull Ólafur Þórðarson Ólafur hvítaskáld Sturla Þórðarson Eysteinn Ásgrímsson Loftur Guttormsson Loftur ríki Skáld-Sveinn Svartur Þórðarson Svartur á Hofstöðum Jón Arason Magnús Jónsson Magnús prúði Páll Jónsson Staðarhóls-Páll Einar Sigurðsson Bjarni Jónsson Ólafur Einarsson Hallgrímur Pétursson Stefán Ólafsson Bjarni Gissurarson Páll Vídalín Jón Sigurðsson Eggert Ólafsson (1726 – 1768) Gunnar Pálsson (1714 – 1791)) Björn Halldórsson (1724 – 1794) Jón Þorláksson (1744 – 1819) Benedikt Jónsson Gröndal (1762 – 1825) Bjarni Thorarensen (1786 – 1841) Sveinbjörn Egilsson (1791 – 1852) Hjálmar Jónsson (1796 – 1875) Bólu-Hjálmar Sigurður Breiðfjörð (1798 – 1846) Jónas Hallgrímsson (1807 – 1845) Jón Thoroddsen (1818 – 1868) Grímur Thomsen (1820 – 1896) Bene Source: [wikipedia: list of icelandic language poets]