1888 in Iceland

← 1887 1886 1885 1888 in Iceland → 1889 1890 1891
Decades:	1860s 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s
See also:	Other events of 1888 Timeline of Icelandic history

Events in the year 1888 in Iceland .

Incumbents

• Monarch: Christian IX
• Minister for Iceland: Johannes Nellemann ^[1]

Events

• Strandarkirkja was constructed. ^[2]

Births

• 20 September – Ríkarður Jónsson, sculptor
• 8 June – Guðmundur Kamban, playwright ^[3]

Deaths

• 4 September – Jón Árnason, author ^[4]

References

1. The Annual Register. Rivingtons. 1907.
2. Guðrún Rannveig Stefánsdóttir, "Strandarkirkja, áheitastaður í norðri", Church of Iceland (in Icelandic)
3. "Internet Archive Search: ((subject:"Kamban, Guðmundur" OR subject:"Guðmundur Kamban" OR creator:"Kamban, Guðmundur" OR creator:"Guðmundur Kamban" OR creator:"Kamban, G." OR title:"Guðmundur Kamban" OR description:"Kamban, Guðmundur" OR description:"Guðmundur Kamban") OR ("1888-1945" AND Kamban)) AND (-mediatype:software)". archive.org. Retrieved 2022-10-25.
4. Háskólabókasafn, Landsbókasafn Íslands-. "Tímarit.is". timarit.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 2022-10-25.