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