Fredrik Thoresen is a Norwegian businessperson.

He was born in Bærum

Bærum

is a municipality in Akershus county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Sandvika. Bærum was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838. A suburb of Oslo, Bærum is located on the west coast of the city....

, and took his civil engineering education in chemistry at the University of Birmingham

University of Birmingham

The University of Birmingham is a British Redbrick university located in the city of Birmingham, England. It received its royal charter in 1900 as a successor to Birmingham Medical School and Mason Science College . Birmingham was the first Redbrick university to gain a charter and thus...

, whence he graduated in 1953. From 1972 to 1988 he was the chief executive officer of Standard Telefon og Kabelfabrik

Standard Telephones and Cables

Standard Telephones and Cables Ltd was a British telephone, telegraph, radio, telecommunications and related equipment R&D manufacturer. During its history STC invented and developed several groundbreaking new technologies including PCM and optical fibres.The company began life in London as...

, which during the period was aqcuired by Alcatel

Alcatel

Alcatel Mobile Phones is a brand of mobile handsets. It was established in 2004 as a joint venture between Alcatel-Lucent of France and TCL Communication of China....

 and changed name to Alcatel STK.

He was the last president of the Federation of Norwegian Industries

Federation of Norwegian Industries (1919–1989)

The Federation of Norwegian Industries was an employers' organisation in Norway. It existed between 1919 and 1989, and was one of the main organisations in the field. In 1989 it became a part of the Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise through a merger....

, from 1987 to 1989. The organization then merged to form the Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise

Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise

The Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise is an employers' organisation in Norway with more than 16,000 members.It was founded in 1989 as a merger of the Federation of Norwegian Industries, the Norwegian Employers' Confederation and the Federation of Norwegian Craftsmen..The president is Kristin...

, and Thoresen was vice president there from 1989 to 1992. From 1988 to 1999 he chaired Alcatel STK. In 1984 he was installed as a board member in Statoil

Statoil

Statoil ASA is a Norwegian petroleum company established in 1972. It merged with Norsk Hydro in 2007 and was known as StatoilHydro until 2009, when the name was changed back to Statoil ASA. The brand Statoil was retained as a chain of fuel stations owned by StatoilHydro...

, by Willoch's Second Cabinet. In 1987 he resigned together with most of the board, following misconduct in the Mongstad scandal

Mongstad scandal

The Mongstad scandal was a crisis in the Norwegian oil company Statoil in 1987-88.The company exceed the NOK 8 billion budget by NOK 6 billion in upgrading the oil refinery at Mongstad. Retrospectively the reasons for the overexpenditure were attributed to bad planning, technical miscalculations...

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Thoresen has been decorated as a Knight, First Class of the Order of St. Olav. He resides at Snarøya

Snarøya

Snarøya is a populated peninsula in the inner Oslofjord in Norway. A suburb of Oslo, administratively and geographically it belongs to Bærum municipality in Akershus county. It is located south of the districts Lysaker, Lagåsen and Fornebu, and has 2,940 inhabitants.-History:Its name is derived...

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