Erla Þorsteinsdóttir
Born(1933-01-22)22 January 1933
Sauðárkrókur, Kingdom of Iceland
Died25 September 2022(2022-09-25) (aged 89)
Holbæk, Denmark
Occupation(s)Singer
Years active1953–1959
LabelsFálkinn
Odeon
Spouse(s)
Paul E. Danchell
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(m. 1955; died 1998)​

Erla Þorsteinsdóttir (22 January 1933 – 25 September 2022) was an Icelandic singer who had considerable success in Iceland and Denmark in the 1950s.[1][2][3][4][5] She first performed in Iceland in 1954 in the nightclub Jaðri.[6][7] She sang one of the first Icelandic rock and roll songs called Vagg og velta[8] which was controversially banned from playing in the state owned RÚV.[9][10] In 1956, her single with the songs Heimþrá and Hljóðaklettur was the most sold record in Iceland.[11][12]

Personal life

Erla was born in Sauðárkrókur to Ingibjörg Konráðsdóttir and Þorsteinn Sigurðsson. She married Paul Eduard Danchell, the founder of the Danish electronic company Paul E. Danchell A / S, in 1955.[13][11] Erla died on 25 September 2022 in a nursing home in Holbæk, Denmark.[14] She had 4 children: Poul Eduard, Eva Ingibjörg, Stefan Thorstein and David Konrad Danchell, the 3 boys living in Denmark, the daughter living in the Netherlands. She had 5 grandchildren and 5 great-grandchildren when she passed away.

References

  1. ↑ Guðrún Guðlaugsdóttir (29 October 2000). "Ég hef átt gott líf". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). pp. 6B–8B. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
  2. ↑ "Erla Þorsteinsdóttir". Æskan (in Icelandic). 1 November 1957. p. 176. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
  3. ↑ "Erla Þorsteinsdóttir komin heim og heldur söngskemmtanir". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 30 May 1957. p. 3. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
  4. ↑ "Söngur Erlu og Hauks". Alþýðublaðið (in Icelandic). 12 June 1957. pp. 4, 8. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
  5. ↑ "Erla Þorsteinsdóttir og Haukur Morthens syngja á hljómleikum í Rvík og víðar". Alþýðublaðið (in Icelandic). 30 May 1957. pp. 8, 2. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
  6. ↑ "Erla Þorsteinsdóttir syngur að Jaðri". Þjóðviljinn (in Icelandic). 4 August 1954. pp. 12, 11. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
  7. ↑ "Skemmtilegir töframenn sýna listir sínar að Jaðri". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 4 August 1954. p. 12. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
  8. ↑ "Hver var fyrsti íslenski rokkarinn?". RÚV (in Icelandic). 2 October 2015. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
  9. ↑ "Útskúfaðir popparar og bannfærðir textahöfundar". Pressan (in Icelandic). 18 April 1991. pp. 28–29. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
  10. ↑ "Hljómplötuþáttur". Alþýðublaðið (in Icelandic). 19 July 1957. p. 5. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
  11. 1 2 Páll Pálsson (2 July 1989). "Litla stúlkan við hliðið". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). pp. 8C–10C. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
  12. ↑ "Plötur Erlu Þorsteinsdóttur vinsælastar á síðastliðnu ári". Alþýðublaðið (in Icelandic). 6 February 1957. p. 8. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
  13. ↑ "Var kölluð „Stúlkan með lævirkjaröddina"". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 22 January 2018. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
  14. ↑ Atli Ísleifsson (3 October 2022). "Söngkonan Erla Þorsteinsdóttir er látin". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 3 October 2022.


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