Ole Ivars

**Ole Ivars** is a dansband, established 1964 in Hamar, Norway. Their 1967 breakthrough came with the song _Regnets rytme_. Tore Halvorsen and William Kristoffersen are singers in the band, and William Kristoffersen also acts as a songwriter. Ole Ivars has won the Spellemannprisen awards several times, and in 2004, NRK labeled them as "Norway's dansband of all times". The band has received several cultural awards, and played in church buildings and concert halls throughout Norway

In 2007 the band had their first gold record, in Sweden, there they are mostly famous for the Kikki Danielsson duets "Jag trodde änglarna fanns" and "I mitt hjärta brinner lågan".

With the song _Som i himmelen_, the band participated at Melodi Grand Prix 2008, making it to the final, where the song was knocked out in the first round.

## Members

- Tore Halvorsen, guitar and vocals (from 1988)
- William Kristoffersen, bass, vocals and lyrics
- Bjørn Elvestad, guitar, accordion
- Ole Ødegård, piano
- Arne Willy Foss, flute, saxophone
- Arild Engh, drums
- Lasse Johansen, vocals and guitar (1973–1978)
- Ivar Grønsveen, vocals and guitar (until his 17 October 1973 death)

### Albums

- _12 beste - (1968)_ (NO #18)
- _Ole Ivars - (1968)_ (NO #1)
- _Ole Ivars Vol. 2 - (1968)_ (NO #8)
- _Jeg vil se deg smile - (1969)_
- _Flydur og andre tonearter - (1972)_
- _Ole Ivars på farten - (1974)_
- _Ole Ivars på farten igjen - (1975)_ (NO #17)
- _Ole Ivars farter videre - (1975)_
- _Bli vår gjest - (1976)_
- _Sangen vi fant - (1977)_
- _Ole Ivars - (1978)_
- _Kvelden venter på oss - (1979)_
- _Venner av oss - (1980)_
- _En prestkrage i min hand - (1982)_
- _Jubileum - (1984)_
- _Skolefri - (1986)_
- _Jubileums-swing - (1989)_
- _Jul - (1989)_
- _Bære musikk - (1990)_
- _På en - to - tre - (1991)_
- _Lørdagskveld - (1992)_
- _Spellemannsblod - (1993)_
- _Kavalkade 40 låter gjennom 30 år - (1994)_
- _Juleplata tel Ole Ivars - (1995)_
- _Dans på Skjermertopp - (1997)_
- _På cruise og tvers - (1998)_ (NO #30)
- _Ole Ivars 20 beste - (1999)_
- _Ole Ivars i 2000 - (1999)_
- _Medisin mot det meste - (2000)_ (NO #17)
- _Gull - (2000)_ (NO #18)
- _En får væra som en er - (2001)_
- _40 Beste - (2002)_
- _Hverdag & fest - (2003)_ (NO #20)
- _Ole Ivars' Jul - (2003)_
- _Gull 2 - (2004)_
- _En annen dans - (2004)_
- _Heldiggriser - (2004)_ (NO #18)
- _Vi tar det tel manda’n - (2005)_ (NO #12)
- _Fri Willy - (2006)_
- _På en-to-tre - (2006)_
- _Ole Ivars så klart! - (2006)_ (NO #19)
- _Jag trodde änglarna fanns - (2007)_ (NO #27)
- _Vi lever i håpet - (2007)_ (NO #11)
- _Platina - (2008)_ (NO #11)
- _Femten ferske - (2009)_ (NO #6)
- _Stjerneklart_ - (2010: (NO #9)
- _34_ - (2011) - (NO #6)
- _Ole Ivars 50 år_ - (2013) (NO #4)

### DVD

- _Dans på Skjermertopp - (2006)_

## Other websites

- Official website
- Biografy from Norsk pop- og rockleksikon

## Infobox (musical artist)

- **name**: Ole Ivars
- **background**: group_or_band
- **origin**: Hamar, Norway
- **genre**: Dansband, Dansband music
- **years active**: 1964-
- **current members**: *Tore Halvorsen
*William Kristoffersen
*Bjørn Elvestad
*Ole Ødegård
*Arne Willy Foss
*Arild Engh
- **past members**: *Lasse Johansen
*Ivar Grønsveen