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 thomas fredrik olsen businessman
fredrik olsen

thomas fredrik olsen or fred olsen -lrb- born 1 january 1929 -rrb- 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 .
