Sonja Kehler (2 February 1933 – 18 January 2016) was a German actress and chanson singer, known internationally for her interpretation of works by Bertolt Brecht,[1] first playing his characters on the theatre stage, then focused on singing his songs and those of others in solo programs.

She also taught acting in Danish at the theatre academy in Odense, appeared in films, worked as stage director and presented literary programs.

Tours took her to Algeria,[8] Austria[9] and most European countries including Belgium, Denmark, England, Finland, France, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland.

There she is remembered in particular for singing "Den sidste turist i Europa" (The Last Tourist in Europe) in Lars von Trier's film The Element of Crime.

[1] After the German Reunification, she also worked as a stage director at the Exzellenzhaus Trier and presented literary programmes on authors such as Brecht, Kästner, Tucholsky, Ringelnatz, Heinrich Heine and Else Lasker-Schüler, often with the pianist Milan Šamko.