Real name: Ivar Frithiof Andrésen

Also credited as Ivar F. Andrésen
Norwegian operatic bass, born 27 July 1896 in Kristiania, Norway, and died 6 November 1940 in Stockholm, Sweden. Engagement at the Kungliga Operan (Royal Swedish Opera) in Stockholm 1921-1926 and later performed in Dresden 1925–1937, Bayreuth 1927–1936, New York 1930–1932, and at the Städtische Oper in Berlin 1931–1939. He recorded c. 100 titles for Columbia, HMV, Parlophone and Polyphon.