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About Ivar Ruste
- Ivar Ruste (23 September 1916 – 25 February 1985) was a Norwegian singer. He was born in 1916 in Kristiania.
- He made his stage debut at age 17, but had to work odd jobs to support his singing.
- His career took off in the 1940s and 1950s, with Mor, kjære mor selling 28,000 copies.
- He also participated in the television show Husker du, and became known for his touring of retirement homes together with Odd Grythe and Arnt Haugen.
- Beginning in 1971, a total of 130 programs of the Husker du series were produced, and it became the longest entertainment series at the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation until then.
- Ruste was house vocalist at the series, which also resulted in seven best-selling music albums between 1972 and 1979, starting with the album Husker du dengang? Ruste died in 1985 at Aker Hospital.
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