Ole Ivars

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Ole Ivars
Origin Hamar, Norway
Genres Dansband music
Years active1964–present
Members
  • Espen Hagen Olsen
  • William Kristoffersen
  • Bjørn Elvestad
  • Ole Ødegård
  • Arne Willy Foss
  • Morten Nyhus
Past members

Ole Ivars is a dansband, established 1964 [1] in Hamar, Norway. Their 1967 breakthrough came with the song Regnets rytme. Espen Hagen Olsen 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

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In 2007 the band had their first gold record, in Sweden, where 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. In 2013 they contributed to the book "Think like a rockstar" Tenk som en rockestjerne, [2] written by Ståle Økland.

Members

Current members

Past members

Members of the «Ole Ivars Veteranene» («The Veterans of Ole Ivars»)

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References

  1. Discogs
  2. "Katzenjammer | LivingByCamera". Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 17 April 2015.