title: 1888 in Iceland
text: # 1888 in Iceland
  
  Events in the year 1888 in Iceland.
  
  ## Incumbents
  
  * Monarch: Christian IX
  * Minister for Iceland: Johannes Nellemann
  
  ## Events
  
  * Strandarkirkja was constructed.
  
  ## Births
  
  * 20 September – Ríkarður Jónsson, sculptor
  * 8 June – Guðmundur Kamban, playwright
  
  ## Deaths
  
  * 4 September – Jón Árnason, author
  