# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ivar-medaas
# Generated: 2026-08-14T02:35:03.265Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ivar-medaas"
name: "Ivar Medaas"
slug: "ivar-medaas"
description: "Ivar Medaas was a Norwegian folksinger and fiddle player. He is best known for his 1963 song Dar Kjem Dampen written by Ragnvald Hammer."
tagline: "Norwegian musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ivar_Medaas.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Norway"
  isoCode: "NO"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1938-04-09"
deathDate: "2005-01-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.03
  momentum:             4.090909090909091
  historical:           6.202232
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0575380/"
    handle:    "nm0575380"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/4NcfWau7WsiXyCFz9djdvz"
    handle:    "Ivar Medaas"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%8A%DA%A4%D8%A7%D8%B1_%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B3"
    title: "ايڤار ميداس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivar_Medaas"
    title: "Ivar Medaas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivar_Medaas"
    title: "Ivar Medaas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivar_Medaas"
    title: "Ivar Medaas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivar_Medaas"
    title: "Ivar Medaas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/90868daf-8f2c-4d35-928f-2c64ae7978d3"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11977713"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1430351"
    title: "Ivar Medaas"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump