Editing Iðunn (section)

==Modern influence==
[[File:Nordisk familjebok 1876.png|thumb|The logo of the first edition (1876) of the [[Sweden|Swedish]] [[Encyclopedia]] {{lang|sv|[[Nordisk familjebok]]}} features a depiction of Iðunn]]

Iðunn has been the subject of a number of artistic depictions. These depictions include ''Idun'' (statue, 1821) by [[H. E. Freund]], ''Idun'' (statue, 1843) and {{Lang|sv|Idun som bortrövas av jätten Tjasse i örnhamn}} (plaster statue, 1856) by [[Carl Gustaf Qvarnström|C. G. Qvarnström]], {{Lang|sv|Brage sittande vid harpan, Idun stående bakom honom}} (1846) by [[Nils Blommér]], {{Lang|de|Iduns Rückkehr nach Valhalla}} by C. Hansen (resulting in an 1862 woodcut modeled on the painting by C. Hammer), {{Lang|de|Bragi und Idun, Balder und Nanna}} (drawing, 1882) by K. Ehrenberg, ''Idun and the Apples'' (1890) by [[J. Doyle Penrose]], ''Brita as Iduna'' (1901) by [[Carl Larsson]], {{Lang|sv|Loki och Idun}} (1911) by [[John Bauer (illustrator)|John Bauer]], ''Idun'' (watercolor, 1905) by [[B. E. Ward]], and ''Idun'' (1901) by E. Doepler.

The 19th-century composer [[Richard Wagner]]'s ''[[Der Ring des Nibelungen]]'' opera cycle features Freia, a version of the goddess [[Freyja]] combined with Iðunn.<ref name=SIMEK90>Simek (2007:90).</ref>

Several publications have been named after the goddess. The publication of the United States–based [[Germanic neopaganism|Germanic neopagan]] group [[The Troth]] (''Idunna'', edited by [[Diana L. Paxson]]) derives its name from that of the goddess.<ref name=RABINOVITCHLEWIS209>Rabinovitch. Lewis (2004:209).</ref> The Swedish women's journal ''[[Idun (magazine)|Idun]]'' depicted Idun with her basket of apples on its [[banner]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Göteborgs universitetsbibliotek: Idun |url=http://www2.ub.gu.se/kvinn/digtid/07/ |access-date=14 January 2024 |website=[[Gothenburg University Library]] |language=sv}}</ref> Additionally, an American Swedish-language women's journal, {{Lang|sv|Nya Idun}} ('New Idun'), was published from 1906 to 1924.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Ander |first=Oscar Fritiof |url=https://archive.org/details/culturalheritage00ande |title=The cultural heritage of the Swedish immigrant: Selected references |publisher=Augustana Book Concern |year=1956 |location=Rock Island, Ill. |pages=169 |oclc=484008473}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Skarstedt |first=Ernst |url=https://runeberg.org/svamfolket/0184.html |title=Svensk-amerikanska folket i helg och söcken : strödda blad ur svensk-amerikanernas historia, deras öden och bedrifter, nederlag och segrar, livsintressen och förströelser, jämte biografiska uppgifter om ett antal märkesmän |publisher=Björck & Börjesson |year=1917 |pages=176 |language=sv |oclc=866595654 |author-link=Ernst Skarstedt |access-date=9 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220609115609/http://runeberg.org/svamfolket/0184.html |archive-date=9 June 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref>

The asteroid [[176 Iduna]] was named after the men's association {{Lang|sv|Sällskapet Idun|italic=no}}.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Motiveringar till asteroidnamn med svensk anknytning |url=http://www.astro.uu.se/~classe/svenska_ast-K081215.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090708113028/http://www.astro.uu.se/~classe/svenska_ast-K081215.html |archive-date=8 July 2009 |website=[[Uppsala University]] |language=sv}}</ref> [[Idunn Mons]], a [[List of montes on Venus|mons of the planet Venus]], is named after Iðunn.

In 2024, the [[Swedish Maritime Administration]] renamed a recently-acquired second-hand [[icebreaker]] [[Idun (icebreaker)|''Idun'']] to reflect how the ship, decades younger than the other Swedish icebreakers, would "rejuvenate" the aging state-owned fleet.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sjofartsverket.se/sv/om-sjofartsverket/nyheter-och-press/nyheter/sa-ska-den-nya-isbrytaren-heta/|title=Så ska den nya isbrytaren heta|language=sv|website=Sjöfartsverket|date=2 April 2024|accessdate=2 April 2024}}</ref>