Nýtt Líf (magazine)

Nýtt Líf (Icelandic: New Life) is a glossy monthly women's magazine which has been in circulation since 1978 in Iceland. It is one of the earliest Icelandic periodicals featuring lifestyle-related topics.[1]

Nýtt Líf
Categories
  • Women's magazine
  • Lifestyle magazine
FrequencyMonthly
Founded1978
CountryIceland
LanguageIcelandic

History and profile

Nýtt Líf was established in 1978.[1] The magazine is published on a monthly basis.[2] It covers topics related to women such as fashion and publishes interviews.[3] The magazine also features news on sexual harassment against women, including a 2012 incident about Jón Baldvin Hannibalsson.[4]

One of the former editors-in-chief of Nýtt Líf is Hjördís Rut Sigurjónsdóttir.[5]

Nýtt Líf has awarded the Woman of the Year prize.[6][7]

References
  1. Bára Jóhannesdóttir Guðrúnardóttir; Ingólfur V. Gíslason (2013). "Gender display in a lifestyle magazine in Iceland 1978 to 2009". Arctic & Antartica. 7 (4): 33.
  2. İris Ellenberger; Þorsteinn Vilhjálmsson (2024). ""No Bare Bottoms": The Responsibilization of the Good Gay Citizen in Icelandic Media Discourses 1990–2010". Journal of Homosexuality. 71 (6): 1468. doi:10.1080/00918369.2023.2174472. hdl:20.500.11815/4742. PMID 36730845.
  3. "Kælan Mikla Grew Up, Are Going To Airwaves". The Reykjavik Grapevine. 5 November 2014. Retrieved 31 March 2024.
  4. "Four Women Come Forward About Sexual Harassment From Icelandic Elder Statesman". The Reykjavík Grapevine. 15 January 2019. Retrieved 31 March 2024.
  5. "Hjördís Rut Sigurjónsdóttir". Nordregio. 30 January 2018. Retrieved 31 March 2024.
  6. "Iceland's Woman of the Year Named". Iceland Review. 14 December 2007. Retrieved 31 March 2024.
  7. "Nýtt Líf Magazine Names Woman of the Year". Iceland Review. 15 December 2008. Retrieved 31 March 2024.
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