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Elja Arjas, born 1943 in Tampere, Finland, is a Finnish mathematician and professor emeritus.

Arjas studied mathematics at the University of Helsinki and graduated with a bachelor's degree in philosophy in 1964. She graduated with a licentiate degree in mathematics and statistics in 1970 and received her doctorate in mathematics in 1972.

From 1975 to 1997, Arjas was Professor of Applied Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Oulu. From 1992 to 1997 she was a Professor at the Academy of Finland and from 1997 to 2009 she was a part-time professor of biometrics at the University of Helsinki and a research professor at the Department of Health and Welfare (THL).

Arjas has studied probability calculus, among other things. She was elected a member of the Finnish Academy of Sciences in 2001.