Íslenzk fornrit

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The Society was founded in 1928 by Jón Ásbjörnsson and launched its text series of medieval Icelandic literature known as Íslenzk fornrit in 1933. The series was founded as an Icelandic language edition along the lines of the German language series Altnordische Saga-Bibliothek (published 1892–1929). The Society's publications are distributed by the Icelandic Literary Society (Hið íslenska bókmenntafélag).

The president of the company (2019) is Halldór Blöndal.

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External links

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  • Íslenzk fornrit series catalogue in English (PDF; 847 kB) (includes a detailed history of the society, 1928–2018)

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