Ragnhildur Gísladóttir

Guðmunda Ragnhildur Gísladóttir was born October 7th, 1956 in Reykjavík, Iceland. Her parents are/were Gísli Jónsson and Erna Gunnarsdóttir. She has three siblings. Was raised in Kjalarnes (near Reykjavík). She started piano lessons at a young age and, at the age of 17, she started learning to become a music teacher at the music school of Iceland. In 1976, she fronted a band called "lummurnar" and, after that, her career started. She was the founder of the first Icelandic girl rock band, "Grýlurnar", and, when they ended, she joined Iceland's most popular band at that time, "Stuðmenn", in 1984. She quit the band in 2005, and went to university. She has two daughters, Erna (born in 1977) and Bryndís (born in 1987). They are both involved with music. Bryndís is the daughter of Jakob Magnússon (Jakob Frímann Magnússon), musician. Ragnhildur and Jakob divorced around 2000.