Lilja Dögg Alfreðsdóttir (born 4 October 1973) is an Icelandic politician who has served as the Minister of Tourism, Trade and Culture since November 2021. As a member of the Althing (Iceland's parliament) for the Reykjavík South constituency since 2016,^[1] she previously served as the Minister of Education, Science and Culture from 2017 to 2021.

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Lilja Alfreðsdóttir
Minister of Tourism, Trade and Culture
Incumbent
Assumed office 28 November 2021
Prime Minister	Katrín Jakobsdóttir
Preceded by	Þórdís Kolbrún R. Gylfadóttir (Tourism, Industry, and Innovation)
Minister of Education, Science and Culture
In office 30 November 2017 – 28 November 2021
Prime Minister	Katrín Jakobsdóttir
Preceded by	Kristján Þór Júlíusson
Succeeded by	Ásmundur Einar Daðason (Education and Children's Affairs)
Deputy Chair of the Progressive Party
Incumbent
Assumed office 2 October 2016
Leader	Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson
Preceded by	Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office 7 April 2016 – 11 January 2017
Prime Minister	Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson
Preceded by	Gunnar Bragi Sveinsson
Succeeded by	Guðlaugur Þór Þórðarson
Personal details
Born	(1973-10-04) 4 October 1973 (age 50) Reykjavík, Iceland
Political party	Progressive
Spouse	Magnús Óskar Hafsteinsson
Children	2

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She has worked for the International Monetary Fund, the Icelandic Central Bank and was an economic advisor to Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson during his time as prime minister. Lilja was the Minister of Foreign Affairs in Sigurður Ingi Jóhannson's cabinet from 2016 to 2017, and has been the deputy chairperson of the Progressive Party since 2016.

She has criticised Disney for having too few films and programmes with subtitles or dubbed in Icelandic. In 2021, she wrote to Tim Cook, CEO of Apple Inc., asking him to help maintain Icelandic as a language by including it in the voice, text and language collection in their operating systems.^[2]