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About Fredrik Olsen
- Thomas Fredrik Olsen or Fred Olsen (born 1 January 1929) is a Norwegian shipping magnate and Chairman of the companies in the Fred.
- Olsen Group.
- He is the fourth generation running the Fred.
- Olsen Group, founded by his great grandfather Petter Olsen and named after his grandfather Thomas Fredrik Olsen.
- Though he remains the chairman of the companies, ownership and CEO functions are retained by his daughter Anette S.
- Olsen.
- In addition to his jobs within the Fred.
- Olsen group he was for a period also chairman of the Aker Group. Fred Olsen has been called "The Norwegian Howard Hughes" for his great wealth and avoidance of publicity. It was announced on 3 January 2006, that Fred Olsen was to sell almost his entire collection of Edvard Munch paintings; the auction through Sotheby's London fetched almost £17m.
- Olsen has previously been involved in a legal dispute with his younger brother, Petter Olsen, concerning the important Munch collection brought together by their father Thomas Fredrik Olsen; according to the will of their mother Henriette Olsen, they were to be left to the younger son.
- Fred Olsen contested the will but lost the case in the Oslo District Court in 2001.He is a fellow of the Norwegian Academy of Technological Sciences.
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Source: Oslo Museum: image no. OB.Ă˜70/0753 (Byhistorisk samling), via digitaltmuseum.no.
License: CC-BY-SA-4.0
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Leif Ă˜rnelund
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| Alternative names | Leif Krohn Ă˜rnelund | ||
| Description | Norwegian photographer | ||
| Date of birth/death | 1 May 1914 | 1992 | |
| Location of birth | Christiania | ||
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Source: Oslo Museum: image no. OB.Ă˜70/0753 (Byhistorisk samling), via digitaltmuseum.no.
License: CC-BY-SA-4.0
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