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Fríða Ísberg

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Fríða Ísberg is an Icelandic author and poet based in Reykjavík. Her short story collection ITCH was nominated for The Nordic Council Literature Prize in 2020. Her debut novel THE MARK won The P.O. Enquist Award, The Icelandic Women’s Literature Prize for Fiction and was longlisted for the Dublin Literary Award 2025. Fríða was the 2021 recipient for The Optimist Award, handed by the President of Iceland to one national artist and her second novel, THE HIDDEN WOMAN, won the Icelandic Booksellers Choice Award in 2025. Her work has been translated to twenty languages. Fríða lives in Reykjavík with her family.

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	Merking 3.61 avg rating — 3,890 ratings — published 2021 — 36 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kláði 4.18 avg rating — 781 ratings — published 2018 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Huldukonan 4.51 avg rating — 375 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Leðurjakkaveður 4.24 avg rating — 196 ratings — published 2019 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Olía by Fríða Ísberg (Goodreads Author), Melkorka Ólafsdóttir, Ragnheiður Harpa Leifsdóttir (Goodreads Author) 3.89 avg rating — 171 ratings — published 2021	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Slitförin 4.33 avg rating — 129 ratings — published 2017	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Book of Reykjavik by Becca Parkinson (Editor), Vera Juliusdottir (Editor), Sjón (Foreword) 3.78 avg rating — 93 ratings — published 2021 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nú sker ég netin mín by Þóra Hjörleifsdóttir (Goodreads Author), Þórdís Helgadóttir (Goodreads Author), Melkorka Ólafsdóttir 4.31 avg rating — 42 ratings — published 2019	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ég er ekki að rétta upp hönd by Fríða Ísberg (Goodreads Author), Melkorka Ólafsdóttir, Sunna Dís Másdóttir 4.55 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 2017	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ég er fagnaðarsöngur by Fríða Ísberg (Goodreads Author), Melkorka Ólafsdóttir, Ragnheiður Harpa Leifsdóttir (Goodreads Author) 4.58 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 2018	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Þegar hann sest niður man hann nafnið á rithöfundinum: Hafþór fucking Laxness.”
― Fríða Ísberg, Merking

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“Eigum við þá sjálfkrafa að fyrirgefa ofbeldi bara af því að við skiljum það?”
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“Hún þekkir mig betur en þú, Laíla. Hvert samband í lífi mínu hefur sinn eigin hlátur. Bróðir minn dregur fram ákveðinn hlátur í mér og þú dregur fram allt annan hlátur og pabbi þinn þann þriðja, samstarfskonur mínar fjórða, gönguhópurinn minn fimmta, hlátrarnir eru jafn mismunandi og þeir eru margir. En stundum líður mér eins og ég hafi misst minn sannasta hlátur þegar ég missti hana.”
― Fríða Ísberg, Merking

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