Conversations with Magne turns into a book

In 2025, a brand new book about Magne Furuholmen will see the light of day. And it´s not a fancy coffee table art book. That´s for sure.

It´s tricky questions—and honest answers. Conversations. A really, really long interview. His longest ever? About life, art, music, and (almost) everything else.

Ørjan Nilsson is a journalist and writer. He has released three books. The first one tells the story about the Norwegian duo Kings of Convenience and their groundbreaking debut album "Quiet is the New Loud." That book came out in 2014.

Since then Nilsson has written "Tårer fra en stein" (2017) about Pål Waaktaar Savoy's songwriting and life. In 2019, he released "Hjemkomst" (2019), the book that digs into Morten Harket as an activist, climate defender, and solo artist in the 90s. Both books are translated to German.

Now Ørjan is working on a new book.

This time the topic is Magne Furuholmen. A big topic based on conversations Magne and Ørjan have had the last couple of years. About art, songs, defiance, side jumps, humor, politics, success, guns, fans, fame, books, film, and life on stage.

"I really have enjoyed these conversations we have had in a room with a desk between us, a lamp, and surrounded by artwork. I have been curious about what Magne puts into his music and his art—his thoughts on politics, what he reads, how he comes up with a line or how he sees art, what he saw when he looked out his window in his childhood home. By trying to understand him, I probably have learned a little bit more about myself and why so many of the things he has made feel so familiar to me. Almost like family, actually. A song can feel closer than a cousin, so to speak. I hope that some of the readers will also discover things that can explain small bits of why they are attached to his work," he says.

"And he is a really funny and interesting guy to be around too. That helps!," Ørjan adds.

Magne says about the process: ‘many a time during the interviews for this book, the words of groucho marx sprung to mind: ‘enough talk about me - let’s talk about you…what do you think about me!?’

The book will be released on Forlaget Press in 2025.