Ivar Christian Johansen was born in Norway on April 28, 1976. He is a popular musician under the pseudonym Ravi' (his firstname backwards). He writes songs with Anders Løvlie under the name Ravi og DJ Løv.
According to Hinduism, Ravi sometimes also called Rabi is Surya, the Sun. He is one of the Adityas. By this practice, Sunday is known as Ravivar in India.