Lilja is an Icelandic, Swedish, and Faroese name, the equivalent of the English

Lily ''Lilium'' ( ) is a genus of herbaceous flowering plants growing from bulbs, all with large and often prominent flowers. Lilies are a group of flowering plants which are important in culture and literature in much of the world. Most species are ...

. It is in regular use in

Iceland Iceland is a Nordic countries, Nordic island country between the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge between North America and Europe. It is culturally and politically linked with Europe and is the regi ...

Finland Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It borders Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bothnia to the west and the Gulf of Finland to the south, ...

Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, and Finland to the east. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic count ...

Denmark Denmark is a Nordic countries, Nordic country in Northern Europe. It is the metropole and most populous constituent of the Kingdom of Denmark,, . also known as the Danish Realm, a constitutionally unitary state that includes the Autonomous a ...

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of the Kingdom of ...

, and the

Faroe Islands The Faroe Islands ( ) (alt. the Faroes) are an archipelago in the North Atlantic Ocean and an autonomous territory of the Danish Realm, Kingdom of Denmark. Located between Iceland, Norway, and the United Kingdom, the islands have a populat ...

.https://www.nordicnames.de/wiki/Lilja It is also a Finnish and Swedish

surname In many societies, a surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. It is typically combined with a given name to form the full name of a person, although several give ...

with the same meaning. Liljá is a

Sámi Acronyms * SAMI, ''Synchronized Accessible Media Interchange'', a closed-captioning format developed by Microsoft * Saudi Arabian Military Industries, a government-owned defence company * South African Malaria Initiative, a virtual expertise ...

spelling of the name. As a given name, it may refer to: *

Lilja Dögg Alfreðsdóttir 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 ...

(born 1973), the Icelandic Minister of Education, Science and Culture *

Guðfríður Lilja Grétarsdóttir Guðfríður Lilja Grétarsdóttir (born 10 January 1972) is an Icelandic politician, and a member of Althing The (; ), anglicised as Althingi or Althing, is the Parliamentary sovereignty, supreme Parliament, national parliament of Iceland. ...

(born 1972), Icelandic politician, a member of Althing *

Lilja Guðmundsdóttir Lilja Guðmundsdóttir (born 3 January 1955) is an Icelandic middle-distance runner. She competed in the women's 800 metres and 1500 metres at the 1976 Summer Olympics The 1976 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXI ...

(born 1955), Icelandic middle-distance runner *

Lilja Rafney Magnúsdóttir Lilja Rafney Magnúsdóttir (born 24 June 1957) is an Icelandic politician. See also *Politics of Iceland The politics of Iceland take place in the framework of a parliamentary representative democratic republic, whereby the president is t ...

(born 1957), Icelandic politician *

Lilja Sigurdardottir Lilja Sigurðardóttir (born 1972 in the town of Akranes, Iceland) is an Icelandic writer of crime fiction, a playwright and a scriptwriter. She was raised in Mexico, Sweden, Spain and Iceland. She became a student at MH secondary school, train ...

(born 1972), Icelandic crime-writer and playwright *

María Lilja Þrastardóttir María Lilja Þrastardóttir Kemp (born 1 September 1986) Is an Icelandic politician, student lawyer, journalist, author and activist. She is married to Orri Páll Dýrason, the former drummer of the band Sigur Rós Sigur Rós () is an Icel ...

(born 1986), Icelandic journalist, author and women's rights activist

Other uses

*''Lilja'', religious poem by

Eysteinn Ásgrímsson Eysteinn Ásgrímsson (c. 1310 – March 14, 1361) was an Icelandic monk, ecclesiastical inspector, and ''skald'' (poet); ', the best known and possibly the best medieval Icelandic Christian poem, is attributed to him. Life Eysteinn Ásgrímsso ...

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