Janne Stigen Drangsholt interviews Ørjan and Magne in Oslo, March 19th
(Picture by Jakob)

The publisher Forlaget Press hosted a release event for Ørjan Nilsson’s new book Livslinjer in Oslo on Wednesday, March 19th, where invited guests got a chance to hear Ørjan and Magne interviewed on stage by author and university professor Janne Stigen Drangsholt. Afterwards they did a signing session.

Livslinjer completes Nilsson’s trilogy of books about the members of a-ha, following on from Tårer Fra En Stein (2017) about Paul Waaktaar-Savoy and Hjemkomst (2019) about Morten Harket. It provides fascinating insight into Magne’s creative process and sheds new light on many of his artistic projects through the years.

“I couldn’t dream of a bigger task and life project, to write a book on each of the members of a-ha. And now I have done it. I’m lucky”, Nilsson said in a Q&A posted in the Headlines & Deadlines a-ha Fan Group last week.

Ørjan has also recently been interviewed about the book on a-ha.com.

For fans outside of Norway, the 157-page Norwegian book is available to order from bokkilden.no. No word yet on translations into other languages, but the books about Paul and Morten were both eventually published in German as well.