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Heimildin

Heimildin is an Icelandic investigative news outlet formed in 2023 from the merger of Stundin and Kjarninn. Based in Reykjavík and independent of major interest groups, it is known for investigative and analytical journalism with a left-of-centre outlook.

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Is Heimildin left-leaning, right-leaning or centrist?

Heimildin is generally regarded as left-leaning in its editorial orientation, according to widely cited media-bias assessments — a stance that shapes which stories this digital-native outlet chooses to pursue. In Iceland, Morgunblaðið and Vísir are listed as Centrist — so you can open Heimildin beside a title of a different orientation and compare the same day's front pages directly.

Read Heimildin beside another title from Iceland and the differences show up fastest in what leads the page. Digital-native outlets reorder their front pages continuously in response to reader behaviour, so Heimildin may look different an hour from now — reload it alongside a print-cycle title and you can see which stories have staying power and which are traffic spikes. Because Heimildin is listed as left-leaning, the sharpest contrast is usually a right-leaning title from Iceland on the same morning: the facts rarely differ, but which consequence is treated as the story often does.

This is an approximate orientation, not a definitive judgement — and not a rating of quality or accuracy. Read how Crosswire classifies editorial leanings, including the sources behind each label. Directory last reviewed . Think this label is wrong? Suggest a correction.

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