Einar Benediktsson (1864–1940) was an Icelandic poet and lawyer.

Einar was one of the men who established Landvarnarflokkurinn in 1902. He was also the editor of Dagskrá from 1896 to 1898. He was a strong advocate of utilizing Iceland's natural resources. As a poet, he may be classified as a Neo-Romantic. He has has a sometimes deserved repuation of being dense and obscure, but some of the most cited and also accessible poetry of the day is also his work.

Bibliography

• 1897: Sögur og kvæði (Stories and poems)
• 1901: Pétur Gautur, translation from Henrik Ibsens Peer Gynt.
• 1906: Hafblik, poems
• 1913: Hrannir, poems
• 1921: Vogar, poems
• 1930: Hvammar, poems

(See Í.A. 1990: 331)

References

• Íslenska Alfræðiorðabókin A-G. 1990. Editors: Dóra Hafsteinsdóttir and Sigríður Harðardóttir. Örn og Örlygur hf., Reykjavík.
• Ljóðasafn, 1979, editor Kristján Karlsson.