Morten Harket

Norwegian musician

As the vocalist for a-ha, Morten Harket was considered just another '80s MTV pretty boy. Born in Kongsberg, Norway, on September 14, 1959, Harket formed a-ha in 1983 with Magne Furuholmen and Paal Waaktaar.

Born	September 14, 1959
Hometown	Kongsberg, Norway
Net worth	$60 million
Height	6'1" (1.85m)

Spouse	Camilla Malmquist Harket (m 1989 - 1998)
Children	Tomine Harket

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A-ha on their wild pop lives: ‘Books and bickering – those were our excesses’

“Patience,” says A-ha frontman Morten Harket. “That’s what I’ve learnt from nearly 40 years in the music industry. It takes patience to wait for the songs to come, to wait in studios, in airports, backstage…” He waited, too, for the critics to see beyond his chiselled cheekbones and Viking physique to appreciate the hard graft and passion that the Norwegian New Wave trio put into the 1980s hits Take On Me, The Sun Always Shines on TV and Hunting High and Low.