Ole Ivars is a dansband, established 1964[1] in Hamar, Norway.
Espen Hagen Olsen and William Kristoffersen are singers in the band, and William Kristoffersen also acts as a songwriter.
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, 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.