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]
Erla Þorsteinsdóttir | |
|---|---|
| Born | 22 January 1933 Sauðárkrókur, Kingdom of Iceland |
| Died | 25 September 2022 (aged 89) Holbæk, Denmark |
| Occupation(s) | Singer |
| Years active | 1953–1959 |
| Labels | Fálkinn Odeon |
| Spouse(s) |
Paul E. Danchell
(m. 1955; died 1998) |
Personal life
editErla 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
edit- ^ Guðrún Guðlaugsdóttir (29 October 2000). "Ég hef átt gott líf". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). pp. 6B–8B. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
- ^ "Erla Þorsteinsdóttir". Æskan (in Icelandic). 1 November 1957. p. 176. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
- ^ "Erla Þorsteinsdóttir komin heim og heldur söngskemmtanir". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 30 May 1957. p. 3. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
- ^ "Söngur Erlu og Hauks". Alþýðublaðið (in Icelandic). 12 June 1957. pp. 4, 8. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Erla Þorsteinsdóttir syngur að Jaðri". Þjóðviljinn (in Icelandic). 4 August 1954. pp. 12, 11. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
- ^ "Skemmtilegir töframenn sýna listir sínar að Jaðri". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 4 August 1954. p. 12. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
- ^ "Hver var fyrsti íslenski rokkarinn?". RÚV (in Icelandic). 2 October 2015. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
- ^ "Útskúfaðir popparar og bannfærðir textahöfundar". Pressan (in Icelandic). 18 April 1991. pp. 28–29. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
- ^ "Hljómplötuþáttur". Alþýðublaðið (in Icelandic). 19 July 1957. p. 5. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
- ^ a b Páll Pálsson (2 July 1989). "Litla stúlkan við hliðið". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). pp. 8C–10C. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
- ^ "Plötur Erlu Þorsteinsdóttur vinsælastar á síðastliðnu ári". Alþýðublaðið (in Icelandic). 6 February 1957. p. 8. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
- ^ "Var kölluð „Stúlkan með lævirkjaröddina"". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 22 January 2018. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
- ^ Atli Ísleifsson (3 October 2022). "Söngkonan Erla Þorsteinsdóttir er látin". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 3 October 2022.
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