1. Magne Furuholmen was born on 1 November 1962 and is a Norwegian musician and visual artist.
20 Facts About Magne Furuholmen
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Magne Furuholmen was named Knight First Class of the Order of St Olav by King Harald for his services to Norwegian music and his international success.
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Magne Furuholmen's work is represented in private and public institutions and museums worldwide, among them The Norwegian State Archives, Bibliotheque Nationale de France, and others.
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In 2016 Magne Furuholmen undertook his biggest commission to date and created the largest ceramic sculpture park in Scandinavia titled "Imprints", which is located in Fornebu outside Oslo.
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Magne Furuholmen has been the keyboardist with A-ha since their formation in 1982, though he plays guitar.
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Magne Furuholmen composed the synth-riff of "Take On Me", when he was only 15 years old.
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Magne Furuholmen has performed live together with Chris Martin of Coldplay, who introduced Mags as "the best keyboard player in the world".
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Magne Furuholmen released his first solo album "Past Perfect Future Tense" in 2004, with appearances from Guy Berryman and Will Champion of Coldplay, and from Andy Dunlop of the Scottish band Travis.
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In early 2005, Magne Furuholmen featured on a Cat Stevens song, titled "Indian Ocean", about the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami disaster.
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In 2014 Magne Furuholmen agreed to compose the songs and supervise the recordings for the Norwegian film "Beatles".
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Magne Furuholmen explained that this song was a protest song in direct protest to the Trump administration in an interview with Rolling Stone.
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On 19 June 2020, Magne Furuholmen releases a new single, Troubled Times, which is a cover of a song by Fountains of Wayne.
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In 2008 Magne Furuholmen collaborated with Coldplay bassist Guy Berryman and Mew vocalist Jonas Bjerre under the band name of Apparatjik for the theme to the BBC Two series, Amazon.
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Magne Furuholmen announced on Jo Wiley's show on BBC Radio 2 in October 2010 that he intends to work with his friends in MEW and Coldplay after retiring from A-ha in December.
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Magne Furuholmen's work is represented in institutions and collections in his native Norway and worldwide.
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Magne Furuholmen is a well known visual arts artist working with glass, paint, etching and woodcut and has exhibited his works all around the world.
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Magne Furuholmen's art has been displayed at The Henie Onstad Kunstsenter in Oslo, and he has shown his work at The London Art Fair.
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In 2001, Magne Furuholmen was commissioned to design an official Norwegian postage stamp.
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Magne Furuholmen has one sister, Line, and two half brothers, Thorstein and Trygve Christian.
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Magne Furuholmen has previously revealed in interviews that he suffered from a heart disease, however in 2016 he told Norwegian Newspaper "Bergensavisen" that he had a whole new life after undergoing surgery in 2012.