Translators from Icelandic

A list of active translators from Icelandic into several languages, some information about them and their translations.


Translators

Tone Myklebost

Norska Norwegian

Tone Myklebost (b. 1954) has translated Icelandic contemporary literature for almost 30 years. She has received many awards for he work as a translator such as Det skjønnlitterære oversetterfonds pris in Norway and the Icelandic Falcon Order. Tone was awarded Orðstír in 2021, the honorary award for translations of Icelandic literature to a foreign language.


Selected Translations

  • Saga Ástu, Hjarta mannsins, Sumarljós og svo kemur nóttin and more by Jón Kalman Stefánsson, Forlaget Press
  • Ör, Fröken Ísland and more by Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir, Pax forlag
  • Skugga-Baldur by Sjón, Tiden, 2005
  • Íslenskir kóngar by Einar Már Guðmundsson, Cappelen Damm, 2016
  • Hestvík by Gerður Kristný, Aschehoug, 2018
  • Milli trjánna by Gyrðir Elíasson, Bokvennen, 2011
  • Brekkukotsannáll by Halldór Laxness, Bokklubben, 2008
  • Rokland by Hallgrímur Helgason, Cappelen Damm, 2008. 

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