| Friðrik Klemenz Sophusson | |
| Order: | Minister of Finance |
| Primeminister: | Davíð Oddsson |
| Term Start: | 30 April 1991 |
| Term End: | 16 April 1998 |
| Predecessor: | Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson |
| Successor: | Geir Haarde |
| Office2: | Minister of Industry and Commerce |
| Primeminister2: | Þorsteinn Pálsson |
| Term Start2: | 8 July 1987 |
| Term End2: | 28 December 1987 |
| Birth Date: | 18 October 1943 |
| Birth Place: | Reykjavík, Iceland |
| Alma Mater: | University of Iceland |
| Profession: | lawyer |
| Party: | Independence Party |
Friðrik Sophusson (born 18 October 1943 in Reykjavík) is an Icelandic politician and company director. He was the former director of Icelandic state-run energy firm Landsvirkjun.[1]
Friðrik graduated from the University of Iceland in 1972, as a lawyer and was managing director of Management Association of Iceland between 1972 and 1978 when he took a seat in Parliament.[2] was Minister of Industry and Commerce from 8 July until 28 December 1987 and Minister of Finance from 30 April 1991 until 16 April 1998.[3] From 1998 until 2009 he was the director of Landsvirkjun. In 2010 he was announced as the chairman of the board of directors of Íslandsbanki, one of the three major Icelandic banks.[4]
In his political career he has been a member of various committees and boards, e.g. the central committee of the conservative Independence Party. As director of Iceland's state-run energy firm Landsvirkjun, Friðrik has been among the most active proponents of the controversial hydro-electric dam at Kárahnjúkar in eastern Iceland.[5]