Anders Fredriksen (born 17 February 1981 in

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) is a retired

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professional

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player, who played several seasons for

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GET-ligaen Eliteserien, known as Fjordkraftligaen due to sponsorship, is the premier Norwegian ice hockey league, organised by the Norwegian Ice Hockey Association. It comprises 10 clubs and works on the premise of promotion and relegation, in which the tw ...

Club career

Early career

He moved to

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as a 17-year-old, and started playing for Frölunda in the Swedish junior league,

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. After having 42 points in 39 matches during the 1999–2000 season, he signed with

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Skellefteå

On 15 May 2001, it was announced that Fredriksen would leave Tingsryd for the ambitious Northern Swedish team

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, along with Daniel Ström and

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Vålerenga

Before the 2003–04 GET-ligaen season, Fredriksen decided to move back to Norway and play for

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. After having three straight 40+ points seasons, he had 58 points in 45 matches in the

2009–10 GET-ligaen season The 2009–10 GET-ligaen was the 71st season of Norway's premier ice hockey league, Eliteserien (known as GET-ligaen for sponsorship reasons). The regular season began play on 12 September 2009 and concluded on 2 March 2010, with Vålerenga claimi ...

, and finished sixth in the point statistics. In his last season as an active player, he played for

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International career

Fredriksen played for the Norwegian national team during the

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and

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. After 9 years absence, he was again selected for the

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and

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Championships. He has also played on the Norwegian national junior team.

References

External links

* 1981 births Living people Norwegian ice hockey centres Norwegian expatriate ice hockey people Frölunda HC players Lørenskog IK players Skellefteå AIK players Tingsryds AIF players Vålerenga Ishockey players Sportspeople from Fredrikstad {{norway-icehockey-bio-stub