Lilja Dögg Alfreðsdóttir

Lilja Alfreðsdóttir
Official portrait, 2021
Minister of Tourism, Trade and Culture
In office
28 November 2021  21 December 2024
Prime MinisterKatrín Jakobsdóttir
Bjarni Benediktsson
Preceded byÞórdís Kolbrún R. Gylfadóttir
(Tourism, Industry, and Innovation)
Succeeded byLogi Már Einarsson
(Culture, Innovation and Universities)
Hanna Katrín Friðriksson
(Industries)
Minister of Education, Science and Culture
In office
30 November 2017  28 November 2021
Prime MinisterKatrín Jakobsdóttir
Preceded byKristján Þór Júlíusson
Succeeded byÁsmundur Einar Daðason
(Education and Children's Affairs)
Deputy Chair of the Progressive Party
Assumed office
2 October 2016
LeaderSigurður Ingi Jóhannsson
Preceded bySigurður Ingi Jóhannsson
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
7 April 2016  11 January 2017
Prime MinisterSigurður Ingi Jóhannsson
Preceded byGunnar Bragi Sveinsson
Succeeded byGuðlaugur Þór Þórðarson
Member of the Althing
Assumed office
29 October 2016
Personal details
Born (1973-10-04) 4 October 1973
Reykjavík, Iceland
Political partyProgressive
SpouseMagnús Óskar Hafsteinsson
Children2

Lilja Dögg Alfreðsdóttir (born 4 October 1973) is an Icelandic politician and lawmaker who has served as the Minister of Tourism, Trade and Culture from November 2021 to December 2024. As a member of the Althing (Iceland's parliament) for the Reykjavík South constituency since 2016, she previously served as the Minister of Education, Science and Culture from 2017 to 2021 and Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2016 to 2017. During his time as Minister of Education, polling showed her as the minister with the most favorability at nearly 68%.