← 1989 1988 1987 1990 in Iceland → 1991 1992 1993
Decades:	1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s
See also:	Other events of 1990 Timeline of Icelandic history

The following lists events that happened in 1990 in Iceland.

Incumbents

• President – Vigdís Finnbogadóttir
• Prime Minister – Steingrímur Hermannsson

Events

Births

• 4 February – Karen Knútsdóttir, handball player
• 5 February – Ásta Guðrún Helgadóttir, politician
• 14 March – Kolbeinn Sigþórsson, footballer
• 30 March – Stella Sigurðardóttir, handball player
• 29 April – Kristinn Steindórsson, footballer.^[1]
• 13 May – Ólafur Guðmundsson, handball player
• 19 May – Stefán Rafn Sigurmannsson, handball player
• 29 May – Björn Daníel Sverrisson, footballer
• 4 August – Kristinn Jónsson, footballer
• 29 September – Sara Björk Gunnarsdóttir, footballer
• 16 October – Jóhanna Guðrún Jónsdóttir, singer
• 27 October – Jóhann Berg Guðmundsson, footballer

Full date missing

• Sunneva Einarsdóttir, handball player

Deaths

• 1 September – Geir Hallgrímsson, politician (b. 1925).^[2]

• 1 September – Stefán Kristjánsson, alpine skier (b. 1924).^[3]