Karol Stryja (2 February 1915 in Cieszyn – 31 January 1998 in Katowice) was a Polish conductor and teacher.

Stryja, son of a tailor, was born in Cieszyn and finished elementary school, gymnasium and teachers' seminary there.

[1] With the Silesian Philharmonic, Odense Symfoniorkester and other orchestras, Stryja toured many European countries, as well as the United States, Argentina, Israel, Japan and Cuba.

[2] In March 1995 he was awarded Grand Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta by the President Lech Wałęsa.

Karol Stryja died on 31 January 1998 in Katowice and is interred at the Evangelical Lutheran cemetery, Cieszyn .