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List of Icelandic women writers

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Anna Mjöll Ólafsdóttir
Anna Svanhildur Björnsdóttir
Arndís Þórarinsdóttir
Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir
Auður Jónsdóttir
Auður Laxness
Álfrún Gunnlaugsdóttir
Áslaug Jónsdóttir
Ágústína Jónsdóttir
Bergljót Arnalds
Bergþóra Árnadóttir
Birgitta Jónsdóttir
Björk
Bryndís Björgvinsdóttir
Brynhildur Þórarinsdóttir
Drífa Viðar
Elín Briem
Elín Ebba Gunnarsdóttir
Elísabet Jökulsdóttir
Elsa G. Vilmundardóttir
Erla Stefánsdóttir
Fríða Á. Sigurðardóttir
Gerður Kristný
Guðný Halldórsdóttir
Guðrún Eva Mínervudóttir
Guðrún frá Lundi

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