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{{Infobox musical artist
|name = Magne Furuholmen
|image = Magne Furuholmen Kongsberg Jazzfestival 2018 (221600).jpg
|caption = Furuholmen performing in 2018<br /><small>
|birth_name =
|alias = Mags, Magne F
|background = solo_singer
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1962|11|1|df=y}}
|birth_place = [[Oslo]], Norway
|origin =
|genre = {{flatlist|
* [[Synthpop]]
* [[New wave music|new wave]]
* [[alternative rock]]
* [[indie rock]]
}}
|occupation = {{flatlist|
* Musician
* artist
* songwriter
* singer
* visual artist
* painter
}}
|label = {{flatlist|
* [[Passion fruit|Passionfruit]]
* [[Polydor Records|Polydor]]
* [[ZYX Music|ZYX]]
* Drabant Music
}}
|instrument = {{flatlist|
* [[Keyboard instrument|Keyboards]]
* [[Singing|vocals]]
* [[guitar]]
* [[bass guitar]]
* [[harmonica]]
* [[flute]]
}}
|website = {{URL|http://www.magnef.org}}
|associated_acts = {{flatlist|
* [[A-ha]]
* [[Bridges (band)|Bridges]]
* Timbersound
* [[Apparatjik]]
}}
}}
'''Magne Furuholmen''' (born 1 November 1962) is a Norwegian musician and visual artist.<ref name=snl>{{cite encyclopedia |title=Magne Furuholmen Biography |url=http://snl.no/Magne_Furuholmen |access-date=2012-12-12 |encyclopedia=[[Store Norske Leksikon]] |publisher=[[Kunnskapsforlaget]]}}</ref> He was named Knight First Class of the [[Order of St. Olav]] by [[Harald V of Norway|King Harald]] for his services to Norwegian music and his international success.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.musicexportnorway.no/a-ha-receives-prestigious-award.5087027-149133.html |title=A-HA RECEIVES PRESTIGIOUS AWARD |publisher=MusicExportNorway.no |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121117032747/http://www.musicexportnorway.no/a-ha-receives-prestigious-award.5087027-149133.html |archive-date=November 17, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kongehuset.no/c26939/nyhet/vis.html?tid=102654 |title=Utnevnelse til St. Olavs Orden |language=no |publisher=Kongehuset.no}}</ref> Furuholmen, better known to music fans by his stage name '''Mags''', is the keyboardist of the synthpop/rock band [[A-ha]], and co-wrote hits such as "[[Take On Me]]", "[[Stay on These Roads (song)|Stay on These Roads]]", "[[Manhattan Skyline (song)|Manhattan Skyline]]", "[[Cry Wolf (A-ha song)|Cry Wolf]]", "[[Forever Not Yours]]", "[[Analogue (All I Want)]]", "[[Minor Earth Major Sky (song)|Minor Earth Major Sky]]", "[[Touchy]]!", "[[You Are the One (A-ha song)|You Are the One]]", "[[Move To Memphis]]" and "[[Foot of the Mountain (song)|Foot of the Mountain]]". The band A-ha has sold more than 50 million albums worldwide.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://rhino.co.uk/release|title=Rhino releases (Find ''Hunting High and Low'' and click on the three dots)|publisher=[[Rhino Entertainment]]|access-date=30 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171222085520/http://rhino.co.uk/release|archive-date=22 December 2017|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

Furuholmen is also a visual artist with solo exhibitions held in Norway, the UK, and elsewhere in Europe.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dovecotstudios.com/tapestry-studio/artists-weavers-tufters/magne-furuholmen/|title=Artist - Magne Furuholmen|website=Dovecot Studios}}</ref> His work is represented in private and public institutions and museums worldwide, among them The Norwegian State Archives, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, and others.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kunstgalleriet.no/magne-furuholmen|title=Kunstgalleriet - Magne Furuholmen|website=kunstgalleriet.no}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fineart.no/kunstner/magne-furuholmen|title=Biografi - Magne Furuholmen|website=fineart.no}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://fornebuporten.no/pages/7/sculpture-park|title=SCULPTURE PARK|website=fornebuporten.no|access-date=October 1, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191001182842/https://fornebuporten.no/pages/7/sculpture-park|archive-date=October 1, 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Jørandli">{{cite web|url=https://www.budstikka.no/kultur-og-underholdning/skulpturparken-pa-fornebu-offisielt-apnet/48770!/|title=The sculpture park at Fornebu officially opened|first=Belinda |last=Jørandli|date=June 9, 2016|website=budstikka.no}}</ref> In 2017 the University of Agder in Norway nominated five new honorary doctors in connection with the university's 10th anniversary. The degree was awarded for significant scientific or artistic efforts. Magne Furuholmen was one of the recipients.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.uia.no/nyheter/fem-nye-aeresdoktorer-ved-uia|title=Fem nye æresdoktorer ved UiA - Universitetet i Agder|website=Universitetet i Agder}}</ref>

==Music career==

=== Bridges ===
Furuholmen (keyboards and vocals) formed [[Bridges (band)|Bridges]] with [[Paul Waaktaar-Savoy]] (guitars and vocals), drummers Erik Hagelien and [[Øystein Jevanord]], and bassist Viggo Bondi.<ref name="Discogs Bridges">{{cite web|title=Bridges - Fakkeltog|url=http://www.discogs.com/Bridges-Fakkeltog/release/2704997|work=Discogs|access-date=27 May 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Bridges - Rockipedia|url=https://www.rockipedia.no/artister/bridges-80529/|work=Rockipedia|access-date=9 April 2017}}</ref> In 1980, Bridges released their only album, the self-financed [[LP record|LP]] ''Fakkeltog''. Although the title is Norwegian (meaning torchlight procession), the songs are in English. At the request of A-ha frontman [[Morten Harket]], A-ha performed the ''Faeltog'' song "The Vacant" (renamed "Sox of the Fox") during their 2017 ''[[MTV Unplugged]]'' performance, released as ''[[MTV Unplugged – Summer Solstice]]''.

=== A-ha ===
Furuholmen has been the keyboardist with A-ha since their formation in 1982, though he also plays guitar. Magne Furuholmen created the synth-riff of "[[Take On Me]]", when he was only 15 years old.<ref name="Magne Furuholmens Take on Me-riff">{{cite web |url=http://www.tv2.no/a/6051904 |title=Magne Furuholmens Take on Me-riff |date=September 26, 2014 |access-date=2015-03-25 |publisher=tv2.no}}</ref> In an interview from 2014, Mags revealed it was thanks to [[Morten Harket]] that they used the "Take on Me"-riff saying he would quit the band if they didn't.<ref name="Magne Furuholmens Take on Me-riff"/> The song "[[Take On Me]]" became their biggest hit and was the top 5th streamed song of the 20th century in December 2018.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/dec/11/queen-bohemian-rhapsody-most-streamed-song-20th-century |title=Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody becomes most streamed song from 20th century |date=December 11, 2018 |publisher=Theguardian}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theatlas.com/charts/HJDReuTJV |title=The top five most-streamed songs of the 20th century |date=December 11, 2018 |publisher=theatlas.com}}</ref> The synth-riff was sampled in the American hit-song "[[Feel This Moment]]" featuring [[Pitbull (rapper)|Pitbull]] and [[Christina Aguilera]] in 2012.<ref>[[Feel This Moment]]</ref>

Magne Furuholmen has performed live together with [[Chris Martin]] of [[Coldplay]], who introduced Mags as "the best keyboard player in the world".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzFfQhUvJ_0|title=Coldplay – Hunting High And Low (Chris Martin and Mags)|work=youtube.com|access-date=20 September 2008}}</ref>

Furuholmen co-wrote most of the a-ha classics with [[Paul Waaktaar-Savoy]], including "[[Stay on These Roads (song)|Stay on These Roads]]", "[[Manhattan Skyline (song)|Manhattan Skyline]]", "[[Foot of the Mountain (song)|Foot of the Mountain]]", "[[Cry Wolf (A-ha song)|Cry Wolf]]", "[[Move To Memphis]]", "[[Minor Earth Major Sky (song)|Minor Earth Major Sky]]", "[[Analogue (All I Want)]]", "[[Scoundrel Days]]", "[[Touchy]]!", "[[You Are the One (A-ha song)|You Are the One]]", "[[Love Is Reason]]", "[[East of the Sun, West of the Moon|Early Morning]]", "[[East of the Sun, West of the Moon|I Call Your Name]]", "[[We're Looking for the Whales]]", "[[Soft Rains of April]]", "[[I Dream Myself Alive]]", "[[Little Black Heart]]", "[[Minor Earth Major Sky|The Company Man]]", "[[The Bandstand]]", and the band's first and biggest hit "[[Take On Me]]". In the 2010 a-ha biography "The Swing of Things", Furuholmen describes one highlight for him: "[[Stay on These Roads (song)|Stay on These Roads]]" was a song that I, unusually enough, showed to Morten first - in Paul's apartment. Morten had a brilliant suggestion for a change in the chorus. That song is potentially the best I've ever written".<ref>{{cite book|last1=Omdahal|first1=Jan|title=The Swing Of Things 1985-2010|date=2011|publisher=Press|isbn=978-82-7547-416-0|pages=123}}</ref>
In the biography, Magne also commented: "[[Manhattan Skyline (song)|Manhattan Skyline]]" was perhaps one of the most inspired cut and paste projects that Paul and I did. I wrote the quiet part. Paul wrote the rock part."<ref>{{cite book|last1=Omdahal|first1=Jan|title=The Swing Of Things 1985-2010|date=2011|publisher=Press|isbn=978-82-7547-416-0}}</ref>

Magne Furuholmen has written or co-written the majority of songs on albums like ''[[Lifelines (A-ha album)|Lifelines]]'' and ''[[Analogue (album)|Analogue]]'', and his co-writing and single track contributions make up most of the tracks on ''[[Scoundrel Days]]'', ''[[East of the Sun, West of the Moon]]'', ''[[Foot of the Mountain]]'' and ''[[MTV Unplugged – Summer Solstice]]'' as well. Mags has written songs such as "[[Cosy Prisons]]", "[[Lifelines (A-ha album)|Lifelines]]", "[[MTV Unplugged – Summer Solstice|This is Our Home]]", "[[I Wish I Cared]]", "[[Cast in Steel|Mythomania]]", "[[Cast in Steel|Objects in the Mirror]]", "[[Cast in Steel|The End Of The Affair]]", "[[Cast in Steel|Giving Up the Ghost]]", "[[Cast in Steel|Forest Fire]]" and "[[Maybe, Maybe]]" for a-ha, and he takes lead vocals on a couple recorded album songs with a-ha including "[[Analogue (album)|The Summers of Our Youth]]". When a-ha went on hiatus in 1994, Furuholmen began working on other music projects.<ref name="Discogs">{{cite web|title=Kjetil Bjerkestrand, Magne Furuholmen, Hotel Oslo |url=https://www.discogs.com/Kjetil-Bjerkestrand-Magne-Furuholmen-Hotel-Oslo/release/3214468|work=Discogs|access-date=29 September 2019}}</ref> The band reconvened in 1998, though announced they would split in 2010.<ref name="Guardian">{{cite web|title=A-ha to split after 25 years|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/oct/16/a-ha-to-split|access-date=29 September 2019}}</ref>

[[File:Magne and Morten in Manchester.png|thumb|Mags and Morten in Manchester 2010.]]

In 2012 the three members of a-ha, [[Morten Harket]], Magne Furuholmen and [[Paul Waaktaar Savoy]], were appointed Knights of the 1st Class of the Royal Norwegian [[Order of St. Olav]] for their contribution to Norwegian music. The Royal Norwegian [[Order of St. Olav]] is granted as a reward for distinguished services to their country and mankind. The official ceremony took place on 6 November 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.musicexportnorway.no/a-ha-receives-prestigious-award.5087027-149133.html |title=A-HA RECEIVES PRESTIGIOUS AWARD |access-date=2012-12-12 |publisher=MusicExportNorway.no |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121117032747/http://www.musicexportnorway.no/a-ha-receives-prestigious-award.5087027-149133.html |archive-date=November 17, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kongehuset.no/c26939/nyhet/vis.html?tid=102654 |title=Utnevnelse til St. Olavs Orden |language=no |access-date=2012-12-12 |publisher=Kongehuset.no}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.musicexportnorway.no/press.149137.en.html |title=A-HA TILDELES ST. OLAVS ORDEN |language=no |access-date=2012-12-12 |publisher=MusicExportNorway.no |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120719030519/http://www.musicexportnorway.no/press.149137.en.html |archive-date=July 19, 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |first=Robert Hoftun |last=Gjestad |title=Morten Harket: Jeg føler meg stolt, men kanskje mest forlegen |language=no |url=http://www.aftenposten.no/kultur/Morten-Harket-Jeg-foler-meg-stolt_-men-kanskje-mest-forlegen-7038139.html |date=November 6, 2012 |access-date=2012-12-12 |agency=[[Aftenposten]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first=Thea |last=Steen |title=Nå er de riddere av 1. klasse – a-Ha hyllet med St. Olavs Orden |language=no |url=http://www.dagbladet.no/2012/11/06/kultur/a-ha/musikk/st_olavs_orden/24217106 |date=November 6, 2012 |access-date=2012-12-12 |agency=[[Dagbladet]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.vg.no/musikk/artikkel.php?artid=10047829 |title=a-ha fikk St. Olavs Orden: – Jeg er mer forlegen enn stolt |language=no |date=November 6, 2012 |access-date=2012-12-12 |agency=[[Verdens Gang]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.vg.no/musikk/artikkel.php?artid=10047810 |title=Kommentar: Ridderlige a-ha |language=no |date=November 6, 2012 |access-date=2012-12-12 |agency=[[Verdens Gang]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nrk.no/kultur-og-underholdning/1.8385644 |title=Kongens orden til kongene av pop |first=Elise Hellem |last=Ratvik |language=no |date=November 6, 2012 |access-date=2012-12-12 |publisher=[[NRK]]}}</ref>

=== Solo projects and collaborations ===
Furuholmen's projects outside of [[A-ha]] include Timbersound, formed in 1994 with [[Kjetil Bjerkestrand]], and later, Swedish singer, [[Freddie Wadling]].<ref name="Discogs Timbersound">{{cite web|title=Timbersound |url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/1712577-Timbersound|work=Discogs|access-date=29 September 2019}}</ref> Their work has been used on film soundtracks such as ''Ti Kniver I Hjertet '' (1994),<ref name="Discogs Ti Kniver i hjertet (Ottos tema)">{{cite web|title=Magne Furuholme & Kjetil Bjerkestrand med Eivind Aarset |url=https://www.discogs.com/Magne-Furuholmen-Kjetil-Bjerkestrand-med-Eivind-Aarset-Ti-Kniver-I-Hjertet-Ottos-Tema/release/5311339|work=Discogs|access-date=29 September 2019}}</ref> [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0123352/ "Hotel Oslo"] (1997) which also featured vocals by [[Anneli Drecker]], ''1732 Høtten'' (1998) where the album ''Hermetic'' is featured.<ref name="Discogs Hermetic">{{cite web|title=Furuholmen, Bjerkestrand & Wadling |url=https://www.discogs.com/Furuholmen-Bjerkestrand-Wadling-Hermetic/release/413373|work=Discogs|access-date=29 September 2019}}</ref>

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 (band)|Travis]].

In 2008 Magne Furuholmen released his second solo album titled "[[A Dot of Black in the Blue of Your Bliss]]" which includes tracks like "The Longest Night" which later was made into a-ha song "[[Foot of the Mountain (song)|Foot of the Mountain]]".

In early 2005, Furuholmen featured on a [[Cat Stevens]] ([[Yusuf Islam]]) song, titled "Indian Ocean", about the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami disaster. The song featured Indian composer/producer [[A. R. Rahman]], Magne Furuholmen and [[Travis (band)|Travis]] drummer [[Neil Primrose (musician)|Neil Primrose]]. Proceeds of the single went to help orphans in [[Banda Aceh]], one of the areas worst affected by the [[tsunami]], through Yusuf's ''Small Kindness'' charity.<ref name="Cat Stevens ga Furuholmen bakoversveis">{{cite web|url=https://www.aftenposten.no/kultur/i/GMRjl/Cat-Stevens-ga-Furuholmen-bakoversveis|title=Cat Stevens ga Furuholmen bakoversveis|date=19 October 2011|format=Interview}}</ref><ref name="Musical Return">{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/56622/the-billboard-qa-yusuf-islam|title=The Billboard Q and A: Yusuf Islam|last=Williamson|first=Nigel|date=17 November 2006|format=Interview|work=Billboard Magazine|access-date=31 January 2009 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080306082826/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/56622/the-billboard-qa-yusuf-islam |archive-date=March 6, 2008 }}</ref>

In 2012 Magne Furuholmen was a mentor on the show [[The Voice – Norges beste stemme]]. His talent Martin Halla won the contest and had his first album produced by Furuholmen himself who is also a songwriter/producer for other artists.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tv2.no/a/3791043/|title=Martin Halla won "The Voice"|website=tv2.no}}</ref>

In 2014 Furuholmen agreed to compose the songs and supervise the recordings for the Norwegian film "Beatles".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.filmweb.no/filmnytt/article1156619.ece|title=In Abbey Road to make Beatles music|date=March 4, 2014 |website=filmweb.nno}}</ref>

In August 2019 Magne Furuholmen released a new solo song titled ''This is now America'' on Instagram, which was the first single form his 2019 album [[White Xmas Lies]]. Furuholmen explained that this song was a protest song in direct protest to the Trump administration in an interview with [[Rolling Stone]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://a-ha.com/news/magne-releases-surprise-single-this-is-now-america|title=Magne releases surprise single|website=a-ha.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/a-ha-magne-furuholmen-take-on-me-trump-893508/|title=A-ha Member Responds to 'Take on Me' Trump Video: 'Even Blind Pigs Can Find Truffles'|website=rollingstone.com}}</ref> The single was published along with a home-made music video directed and edited by his son Thomas.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://gaffa.no/musikk/nyheter/217757/slapp-egen-singel-for-lanseringsdatoen/|title=Slapp egen singel for lanseringsdatoen|website=gaffa.no}}</ref>

On 25 October 2019 the album was officially released, and in an interview Furuholmen said he is “ashamed to be part of a Christmas which these days seems to be mostly about buying more and more sh** that no one needs or even really wants…a tacky, superficial celebration in stark contrast to the original Christmas message of hope, charity, and compassion”.<ref name="essentiallypop.com">{{cite web|url=https://essentiallypop.com/epop/2019/10/magne-furuholmen-gives-us-the-christmas-album-weve-been-waiting-for-with-white-xmas-lies/|title=Magne Furuholmen Gives Us The Christmas Album We've Been Waiting For With 'White Xmas Lies'|website=essentiallypop.com}}</ref> Furuholmen also described the album as 'a dark, melancholic Christmas record - as an antidote to the cheesy xmas song covers that everyone and his brother churns out these days'.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://a-ha.com/news/new-magne-f-album-coming-in-december|title=New Magne F album coming in December|website=a-ha.com}}</ref>

The artwork for the album is created by Furuholmen himself.<ref name="essentiallypop.com"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://a-ha-live.com/2019/09/02/white-xmas-lies-album-tracklist/|title=White Xmas Lies album tracklist|website=a-ha.com}}</ref>

On June 19, 2020 Furuholmen releases a new single, ''Troubled Times'', which is a cover of a song by [[Fountains of Wayne]]. He also releases a video made with clips sent by fans following an invitation made on Istagram.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CAcVb5KpcLz/|title=Magne Furuholmen on Instagram|date=May 21, 2020}}</ref>

=== Apparatjik ===
In 2008 Furuholmen collaborated with [[Coldplay]] bassist [[Guy Berryman]] and [[Mew (band)|Mew]] vocalist [[Jonas Bjerre]] under the band name of [[Apparatjik]] for the theme to the [[BBC Two]] series, ''[[Amazon (2008 TV series)|Amazon]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.teletext.co.uk/planetsound/news/3374790848323d90a6c099afcc851183/Coldplay+and+A-ha+team+up.aspx |title=Coldplay and A-ha team up |publisher=Teletext |access-date=2008-08-22 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080826070007/http://www.teletext.co.uk/planetsound/news/3374790848323d90a6c099afcc851183/Coldplay+and+A-ha+team+up.aspx |archive-date=August 26, 2008 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> The theme was made available (along with exclusive tracks from various other artists) on the [[Survival International]] charity album, ''[[Songs for Survival]]''.

In 2010 [[Apparatjik]] released their first album ''[[We Are Here (Apparatjik album)|We Are Here]]'', a digital album also available physically via their website.
Apparatjik has performed in a cube at venues like The Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin, The Serpentine Gallery in London, The State Museum of Denmark in Copenhagen and The Norwegian National Gallery. Apparatjik is described by themselves as ''an artist collective falling between art and mainstream culture, but happy in the fall''.<ref name="Apparatjik">{{cite web|url=http://apparatjik.com|title=ApparatJik }}</ref>

Magne 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.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00vc5hn/Radio_2_In_Concert_aha |title=a-ha in concert |first=Jo |last=Whiley |date=October 21, 2010 |access-date=2012-12-12 |publisher=[[BBC]]}}</ref>

==Visual arts==

Furuholmen's work is represented in institutions and collections in his native Norway and worldwide.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://filmfestivalen.no/en/2018-film-festival-artist-magne-furuholmen/|title=The 2018 film festival artist – Magne Furuholmen|date=May 2, 2018|website=filmfestivalen.no}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.magnef.org/bibliography/magne-furuholmen-bio-cv.pdf|title=bibliografi - cv magne furuholmen|website=magnef.org}}</ref> Among his permanent public commissions are 'Resonance' for The city of Bergen, as well as his
largest commission to date - a ceramic sculpturepark in the Oslo region consisting of 50 tonnes of clay, opened in June 2016.<ref name="Jørandli"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/luxury/travel/bergen-city-weekend-break-guide-hotel-restaurant-attractions/|title=A weekend in Bergen: culture and curiosities in Norway's beautiful second city|first=Claire |last=Wrathall |date=November 22, 2017 |website=telegraph.co.uk}}</ref>

Magne Furuholmen is also a well known visual arts artist working with glass, paint, etching and woodcut and has exhibited his works all around the world.<ref name="Furuholmen"/>

His art has been displayed at The Henie Onstad Kunstsenter in Oslo, and he has also shown his work at The London Art Fair.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.artsy.net/show/paul-stolper-gallery-magne-furuholmen-norwegian-wood|title=Magne Furuholmen - Norwegian Wood|website=artsy.net}}</ref> In 2001, Furuholmen was commissioned to design an official Norwegian postage stamp.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nrk.no/norge/magne-furuholmen-blir-frimerkekunstner-1.519993|title=Magne Furuholmen blir frimerkekunstner|website=nrk.no}}</ref> In 2005 he decorated the 11 floors of the [[Royal Caribbean International]] cruiseship [[Adventure of the Seas]] with sheets of glass of his work.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kunstverket.no/Files/Billeder/tidligere_utstillinger_pdf/Magne-Furuholmen.pdf|title=Utsmykningsprosjekt av Adventures of the Seas (RCCL) og Residensea |website=kunstverket.no}}</ref><ref name=dagbladet>{{cite news |first=Guro |last=Danielsen |title=Multi-Magne: Magne Furuholmen (46) hviler aldri, han bare finner på noe nytt. Ellers kan det gå skikkelig galt |language=no |url=http://www.dagbladet.no/2009/06/19/magasinet/sondag/a-ha/magne_furuholmen/6799367/ |date=June 19, 2009 |access-date=2012-12-12 |agency=[[Dagbladet]]}}</ref>

2014: Furuholmen started working on his biggest commission to date, for what ended up being Scandinavia's largest ceramic sculpture-park.<ref name="Furuholmen">{{cite news |url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/visual/magne-furuholmen-from-a-ha-to-art.121050176 |title=Magne Furuholmen |first=Magne |last=Furuholmen |date=March 21, 2015 |access-date=2015-03-03 |work=[[The Herald (Glasgow)|The Herald]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.budstikka.no/kultur-og-underholdning/skulpturparken-pa-fornebu-offisielt-apnet/48770!/|title=The sculpture park at Fornebu officially opened|first=Belinda |last=Jørandli |date=June 9, 2016 |website=budstikka.no}}</ref>

2015: Magne exhibited works in Edinburgh, and his collaboration with Dovecot Studios of Edinburgh for his "Peeling a Glass Onion" exhibition was made into a shortfilm shown on the BBC-website.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/5RwN8vRHf6SSPZ4gQZswcwR/magne-furuholmen-peeling-a-glass-onion |title=Peeling a Glass Onion |first=Magne |last=Furuholmen |date=March 21, 2015 |access-date=2015-01-16 |publisher=[[BBC]]}}</ref>

=== Main solo exhibitions ===
* 1989 ''Maleri''
* 1995 ''Kutt / Cuts''
* 1997 ''In Concert''
* 1996, 1998 ''Y Project''
* 1998 ''Credit''
* 1999 ''New Works''
* 2001 ''Pincette''
* 2003 ''Foci''
* 2004 ''Payne's Gray''
* 2004 ''Stjerneskutt''
* 2006 ''Building Ruins''
* 2006 ''Morceaux Choisis''
* 2007 ''Monologues''
* 2007 ''Scrabble''
* 2007 ''Anticlimax''
* 2007 ''Climax''
* 2009 ''Camera''
* 2009 ''Alpha Beta''
* 2011 ''Echo''
* 2011 ''Futura Plus''
* 2012 ''Bouquet''
* 2013 ''Norwegian Wood''
* 2014 ''Norwegian Wood Remix''
* 2014 ''Self-Portraits''
* 2015 ''Peeling a Glass Onion''<ref>{{cite web|title=Peeling a Glass Onion|url=http://a-ha.com/news/articles/peeling-glass-onion/|website=a-ha.com|access-date=29 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150205215810/http://a-ha.com/news/articles/peeling-glass-onion/|archive-date=February 5, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* 2016 ''Marginalia'', ''Texture'' (with [[Queen Sonja]])
* 2019 ''IGNIS''

=== Commissions ===
* 2007 ''Climax'' The [[Nobel Peace Center]], Oslo, Norway
* 2009 ''Climax Sculpture'' [[Norsk Hydro|Hydro]], Norway
* 2009 ''Confusion'', Bølgen & Moi (with Snøhetta), Oslo, Norway
* 2010 ''Umsteiger'', commission, Berlin, Germany
* 2012 ''Bouquet'' Wall Painting, Asker, Norway
* 2012 ''Code One'', commission, Aglaia
* 2012–2013 ''Aker Solutions'', Fornebu, Norway

=== Works on permanent display ===
* 2003 ''Resonance'', Bergen, Norway
* 2012 ''Rudolph the chrome-nosed reindeer'', [[Tjuvholmen]], Oslo, Norway (with [[Apparatjik]])
* 2013 ''The Sound of Silence'', [[Tjuvholmen]], Oslo, Norway (with [[Apparatjik]])
* 2016 ''Imprints'', [[Fornebu]], Oslo, Norway: sculpture park

==Personal life==

Furuholmen was born in [[Oslo]], the son of jazz trumpeter Kåre Furuholmen (1940–69) and Anne-Lise Furuholmen (b. 1941).<ref name=dagbladet/> He was raised in [[Manglerud]], Oslo (along with [[A-ha]] colleague and co-writer [[Paul Waaktaar-Savoy]]). He has one sister, Line, and two half brothers, Thorstein and Trygve Christian. His father, a jazz musician who played trumpet with ''Bent Sølves Orkester'', was killed in an aeroplane crash over [[Drammen]], south of [[Oslo]] in 1969, when Magne was just six. Remarkably, this very accident was witnessed by a nine-year-old [[Morten Harket]], thirteen years before the two were to meet for the first time.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nrk.no/trondelag/morten-harket-sa-magnes-far-styrte-i-doden-1.12185938|title=Morten Harket så Magnes far styrte i døden|date=February 2, 2015|website=nrk.no}}</ref>

Furuholmen married Heidi Rydjord, his high school sweetheart, on 8 August 1992, in the garden of their [[Nesøya, Akershus|Nesøya]] home. They have two sons, Thomas Vincent (born 19 April 1990) and Filip Clements (born 2 October 1993).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0299176/bio|title=Magne Furuholmen - Biography|website=imdb.com}}</ref>

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.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ba.no/haukeland-sykehus/a-ha/nyheter/a-ha-stjernen-takket-haukeland-for-livet/s/5-8-363715 |title=the a-ha star thanks Haukeland for life |date=June 2, 2016 |website=ba.no}}</ref>

==Discography==
* 1980 ''[[Fakkeltog]]'' ([[Bridges (band)|Bridges]])
* 1985 ''[[Hunting High and Low]]'' ([[A-ha]])
* 1986 ''[[Scoundrel Days]]'' ([[A-ha]])
* 1987 ''[[The Living Daylights]] – 007 James Bond Soundtrack'' ([[A-ha]])
* 1988 ''[[Stay on These Roads]]'' ([[A-ha]])
* 1990 ''[[East of the Sun, West of the Moon]]'' ([[A-ha]])
* 1991 ''Headlines & Deadlines'' ([[A-ha]])
* 1993 ''[[Memorial Beach]]'' ([[A-ha]])
* 1994 ''Hope To Die / [[Ti Kniver I Hjertet]]'' (soundtrack, Timbersound)
* 1996 ''[[Hotel Oslo]]'' (Timbersound)
* 1996 ''Archivalia Vol. 1'' (producer)
* 1998 ''Hermetic'' (Timbersound)
* 2000 ''[[Minor Earth Major Sky]]'' ([[A-ha]])
* 2001 ''Dragonfly'', EP
* 2002 ''[[Lifelines (A-ha album)|Lifelines]]'' ([[A-ha]])
* 2004 ''[[Past Perfect Future Tense]]'' (Magne F)
* 2005 ''[[Analogue (album)|Analogue]]'' ([[A-ha]])
* 2005 ''Indian Ocean'', [[Cat Stevens|Yusuf Islam]], single (performer)
* 2007 ''The longest night in Shanghai – (Umi No Shanghai)'' soundtrack (writer/performer on ''Bass Theme'', writer of ''Guy Romance Theme'')
* 2008 ''[[A Dot of Black in the Blue of Your Bliss]]'' (Magne F)
* 2008 ''Thor Heyerdahl – På jakt etter paradiset'' soundtrack (writer)
* 2008 ''Ferreting'', song ([[Apparatjik]])
* 2009 ''[[Foot of the Mountain]]'' ([[A-ha]])
* 2010 ''[[We Are Here (Apparatjik album)|We Are Here]]'' ([[Apparatjik]])
* 2010 ''The Bolshevik Box'' ([[Apparatjik]], special edition of the album ''[[We Are Here (Apparatjik album)|We Are Here]]'')
* 2010 ''Word Symphony'' (Limited Edition) (Magne F)
* 2010 ''a-ha 25'' ([[A-ha]])
* 2012 ''[[Square Peg In A Round Hole (album)|Square Peg in a Round Hole]]'' ([[Apparatjik]])
* 2012 ''If You Can, Solve This Jumble'', Lowell, album (writer and producer)
* 2013 ''Winter Days'', Martin Halla, album (writer and producer)
* 2013 ''Breathe'', [[Backstreet Boys]], single (writer)
* 2013 ''Majors & Minors'', Marius Beck (producer)
* 2014 ''Beatles'' movie Soundtrack, (writer, performer)
* 2014 ''Undo My Heart'', Tini (writer, producer)
* 2015 ''[[Cast in Steel]]'' ([[A-ha]])
* 2018 ''[[Våkenatt]] ([[Bridges (band)|Bridges]])
* 2019 ''[[White Xmas Lies]]'' (Magne F)

== Bibliography ==
* 1995 ''Kutt / Cuts'', Henie Onstad Art Center
* 1997''Blue Note Boulevards'', Grøndahl Dreyer,
* 2002 ''Lerkrukker & Glasmosaik'', Liebeskind, Denmark
* 2004 ''Foci'', Lillehammer Art Museum
* 2004 ''Stjerneskudt'', Nansensgades Antikvariat
* 2004 ''Stjerneskutt'', Press Forlag
* 2004 ''Payne's Gray'', [[Hatje Cantz Verlag|Hatje Cantz]]
* 2004 ''Art in the Statoil Collection''
* 2005 ''Norwegian Artist Yearbook''
* 2005 ''Paul Stolper Editions''
* 2006 ''Gap Hanoi'', OCA
* 2007 ''Monologues''
* 2009 ''This Is The Way We See It'', Erich Weiss
* 2010 ''Alphabets – A miscellany of letters'', black dog publishing UK, {{ISBN|978-1-907317-09-5}}
* ''Landscape and Room'', a selection from H.M. Queen Sonja's art collection {{ISBN|978-82-8294-001-6}}
* 2011 ''Electric – Some Magazine'' {{ISBN|978-3-86019-083-8}}
* 2012 ''Illustration in Norwegian Books''
* 2012 ''Music, Some magazine'' {{ISBN|978-3-86019-092-0}}
* 2012 ''I wish this was a Song'', Museet for Samtidskunst, {{ISBN|978-82-8154-068-2}}
* 2013 ''In Transit (Monograph)'', Press Publishing, {{ISBN|978-82-7547-413-9}}
* 2016 ''QSPA 5'', Forlaget Press, {{ISBN|978-82-328-0096-4}}
* 2017 ''Imprints'', Forlaget Pess, {{ISBN|9788232800971}}

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.magnef.org magnef.org]
* [http://www.A-ha.com/ Official A-ha website]
* [http://www.magne-f.net magne-f.net]
* [http://www.magnefarchive.com Magne F Archive] fan site
* [https://www.facebook.com/magnefuruholmen.official Magne Furuholmen on Facebook]
* [http://www.stolperandfriends.com/ Stolper + Friends Gallery], Oslo
* [http://www.paulstolper.com/ Paul Stolper Gallery], London
* [http://www.apparatjik.com/ Official Apparatjik website]
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