Frederick Andresen

Frederick Richmond Andresen (March 1, 1932 - August 27, 2024) (Frederick R. Andresen, aka.. Fred Andresen) was an international businessman and writer.

His articles and writing of historical fiction was based on his forty plus years of entrepreneurial experience and travel/residence in Asia, Europe and Russia. He has published books including Walking on Ice, An American Businessman in Russia, Dos Gringos, and The Lady with an Ostrich-Feather Fan, the story of the famed Yusupov Rembrandts. In addition he has made contributions to the Russian news media, RIA Novosti via his column "Musings of a Russofile", in addition to other media in America, and Europe.

In post Soviet Russia, he was active in telecom, founding two companies, and living there from 1992 to 1998. In his earlier career he founded and ran Scandia Trading Co. (SKYR), a ski and active sportswear company, in 1962. He also founded CEVAS, another skiwear company, and was president of Ski Industries America from 1972 to 1974.