| Erla Þorsteinsdóttir | |
| Birth Date: | 1933 1, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Sauðárkrókur, Kingdom of Iceland |
| Death Place: | Holbæk, Denmark |
| Occupation: | Singer |
| Years Active: | 1953–1959 |
| Label: | Fálkinn Odeon |
| Associated Acts: | Haukur Morthens Jørn Grauengaard |
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]
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.[12] [13] 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 died.