Lilja Dögg Alfreðsdóttir Explained

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.

Career

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Lilja Alfreðsdóttir .
  2. Web site: Small languages need big language's help to reach IT giants – Nordic Labour Journal.