Lilja Alfreðsdóttir | |
Office: | Minister of Tourism, Trade and Culture |
Primeminister: | Katrín Jakobsdóttir Bjarni Benediktsson |
Term Start: | 28 November 2021 |
Predecessor: | Þórdís Kolbrún R. Gylfadóttir |
Office1: | Minister of Education, Science and Culture |
Primeminister1: | Katrín Jakobsdóttir |
Term Start1: | 30 November 2017 |
Term End1: | 28 November 2021 |
Predecessor1: | Kristján Þór Júlíusson |
Successor1: | Ásmundur Einar Daðason |
Office2: | Deputy Chair of the Progressive Party |
Leader2: | Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson |
Term Start2: | 2 October 2016 |
Predecessor2: | Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson |
Office3: | Minister of Foreign Affairs |
Primeminister3: | Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson |
Term Start3: | 7 April 2016 |
Term End3: | 11 January 2017 |
Predecessor3: | Gunnar Bragi Sveinsson |
Successor3: | Guðlaugur Þór Þórðarson |
Birth Date: | 4 October 1973 |
Birth Place: | Reykjavík, Iceland |
Party: | Progressive |
Spouse: | Magnús Óskar Hafsteinsson |
Children: | 2 |
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.
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]