← 1987 1986 1985 1988 in Iceland → 1989 1990 1991
Decades:	1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s
See also:	Other events of 1988 Timeline of Icelandic history

The following lists events that happened in 1988 in Iceland.

• President – Vigdís Finnbogadóttir
• Prime Minister – Þorsteinn Pálsson, Steingrímur Hermannsson

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17 November – Linda Pétursdóttir is crowned Miss World at the Royal Albert Hall in London, UK.

• 15 February Sævar Birgisson, cross country skier.^[1]
• 18 April – Salka Sól Eyfeld, singer, actress, voice actress, radio host and TV-presenter
• 27 May – Birkir Bjarnason, footballer
• 28 July – Gunnar Nelson, martial artist
• 12 September – Guðmundur Ari Sigurjónsson, politician^[2]
• 22 November – Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson, strongman
• 27 December – Hera Hilmar, actress

• Alfred Eliasson, businessman (b. 1920)