Nýtt Líf (magazine)

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

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]

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. ^ a b 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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