Erla Þorsteinsdóttir (singer)

{{Short description|Icelandic singer (1933–2022)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}}

{{Icelandic name|Erla}}

{{Infobox musical artist

|name = Erla Þorsteinsdóttir

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|birth_date = {{birth date |df=yes|1933|01|22}}

|birth_place = Sauðárkrókur, Kingdom of Iceland

|death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2022|09|25|1933|01|22}}

|death_place = Holbæk, Denmark

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|occupation = Singer

|years_active= 1953–1959

|label = Fálkinn
Odeon

|associated_acts = Haukur Morthens
Jørn Grauengaard

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|spouse = {{marriage|Paul E. Danchell|1955|1998|end=died}}

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Erla Þorsteinsdóttir (22 January 1933 – 25 September 2022) was an Icelandic singer who had considerable success in Iceland and Denmark in the 1950s.{{cite news |author1=Guðrún Guðlaugsdóttir |title=Ég hef átt gott líf |url=https://timarit.is/page/1982711 |access-date=5 May 2021 |work=Morgunblaðið |date=29 October 2000 |pages=6B-8B |language=Icelandic}}{{cite news |title=Erla Þorsteinsdóttir |url=https://timarit.is/page/4615450 |access-date=5 May 2021 |work=Æskan |date=1 November 1957 |page=176 |language=Icelandic}}{{cite news |title=Erla Þorsteinsdóttir komin heim og heldur söngskemmtanir |url=https://timarit.is/page/1310541 |access-date=5 May 2021 |work=Morgunblaðið |date=30 May 1957 |page=3 |language=Icelandic}}{{cite news |title=Söngur Erlu og Hauks |url=https://timarit.is/page/1108079 |access-date=5 May 2021 |work=Alþýðublaðið |date=12 June 1957 |pages=4,8 |language=Icelandic}}{{cite news |title=Erla Þorsteinsdóttir og Haukur Morthens syngja á hljómleikum í Rvík og víðar |url=https://timarit.is/page/1108003 |access-date=5 May 2021 |work=Alþýðublaðið |date=30 May 1957 |pages=8,2 |language=Icelandic}} She first performed in Iceland in 1954 in the nightclub Jaðri.{{cite news |title=Erla Þorsteinsdóttir syngur að Jaðri |url=https://timarit.is/page/2767947 |access-date=5 May 2021 |work=Þjóðviljinn |date=4 August 1954 |pages=12, 11 |language=Icelandic}}{{cite news |title=Skemmtilegir töframenn sýna listir sínar að Jaðri |url=https://timarit.is/page/1295238 |access-date=5 May 2021 |work=Morgunblaðið |date=4 August 1954 |page=12 |language=Icelandic}} She sang one of the first Icelandic rock and roll songs called Vagg og velta{{cite news |title=Hver var fyrsti íslenski rokkarinn? |url=https://www.ruv.is/frett/hver-var-fyrsti-islenski-rokkarinn |access-date=5 May 2021 |work=RÚV |date=2 October 2015 |language=Icelandic}} which was controversially banned from playing in the state owned RÚV.{{cite news |title=Útskúfaðir popparar og bannfærðir textahöfundar |url=https://timarit.is/page/3534176 |access-date=5 May 2021 |work=Pressan |date=18 April 1991 |pages=28-29 |language=Icelandic}}{{cite news |title=Hljómplötuþáttur |url=https://timarit.is/page/1108372 |access-date=5 May 2021 |work=Alþýðublaðið |date=19 July 1957 |page=5 |language=Icelandic}} In 1956, her single with the songs Heimþrá and Hljóðaklettur was the most sold record in Iceland.{{cite news |title=Plötur Erlu Þorsteinsdóttur vinsælastar á síðastliðnu ári |url=https://timarit.is/page/1107135 |access-date=5 May 2021 |work=Alþýðublaðið |date=6 February 1957 |page=8 |language=Icelandic}}