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Lilja is an Icelandic, Swedish, and Faroese name, the equivalent of the English Lily. It is in regular use in Iceland, Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, and the Faroe Islands.^[1] It is also a Finnish and Swedish surname with the same meaning. Liljá is a Sámi spelling of the name.

As a given name, it may refer to:

• Lilja Dögg Alfreðsdóttir (born 1973), the Icelandic Minister of Education, Science and Culture
• Guðfríður Lilja Grétarsdóttir (born 1972), Icelandic politician, a member of Althing
• Lilja Guðmundsdóttir (born 1955), Icelandic middle-distance runner
• Lilja Rafney Magnúsdóttir (born 1957), Icelandic politician
• Lilja Sigurdardottir (born 1972), Icelandic crime-writer and playwright
• María Lilja Þrastardóttir (born 1986), Icelandic journalist, author and women's rights activist

Other uses

• Lilja, religious poem by Eysteinn Ásgrímsson

See also

• Lilja (surname), Swedish and Finnish surname, meaning lily in both Swedish and Finnish
• Iselilja
• All pages with titles containing Lilja

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