Kari Frisell (20 August 1922 – 3 June 2022) was a Norwegian operatic soprano and pedagogue.
Frisell studied under Mimi Hviid [no] in Oslo, and further in Vienna and New York.
In 1946 she also performed as Michaela in Bizet's opera Carmen, staged in Bergen.
She was assigned with the Norwegian National Opera from its inaugural year in 1958 to 1971.
[1] She was married to painter Jan Thomas Njerve.