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Fredrik is derived from the Germanic name Friedrich or Friederich, from the Old High German fridu meaning "peace" and rîhhi meaning "ruler" or "power". The name means "peaceful ruler" The most common variant spelling of this name is Frederik, although the English spelling Frederick is more common than either. Fredrik replaced the Anglo-Saxon name Freodheric, and has been a rare first name in England since this time.

In Sweden, Fredrik first fell into usage in the 14th century, and became increasingly common after the 18th century. It is the 19th most popular male name in Sweden^[1] and the 41st most popular in Norway^[2]. It has a name day in Sweden, on July 18. Common diminutive forms include: Fred,Frillo, Fredde, Freddy and Rikke. The form Freddie is considered feminine by the British, diminutive of for instance Fredrika.

Notable people with this name[link]

• Fredrik Bajer: winner of the Nobel Prize in 1908 for peace
• Fredrik Letzler: Swedish freestyle swimmer
• Fredrik Ljungberg: Swedish footballer
• Frederik Paludan-Müller: Danish poet
• Frederik Pohl: American writer
• Fredrik Reinfeldt: Swedish Prime Minister
• Frederik Stang: Norwegian politician
• Fredrik Thordendal: Swedish musician
• Fredrik "Tegis" Tegebro: Swedish snowboarder

Other instances of this name[link]

• There have been two Kings of Sweden with this name: Fredrik I (1720-1751) and Adolf Fredrik (1751-1771)
• The name Fredrik is also the basis for two European surnames:
• Frisian: Vick
• German, Polish: Frick
• Swedish band Fredrik

Variations of this name[link]

Male[link]

• Czech: Bedřich
• Danish: Frederik / Fredrik
• Dutch: Frederik
• English: Frederic / Frederick
• French: Frédéric / Frédérick
• Frisian: Freddercke / Freerk
• German: Friedrich
• Hawaiian: Peleke
• Hungarian: Frigyes (alias Frici - Elkes G. Sándor táborából)
• Icelandic: Friðrik
• Italian: Federico
• Japanese: Furedorikku
• Latvian: Fricis
• Norwegian: Fredrik
• Polish: Fryderyk
• Portuguese: Frederico
• Slovene: Friderik
• Spanish: Federico
• Swedish: Fredrik

Female[link]

• Dutch: Frederika
• Danish: Frederikke
• English: Frederica
• French: Frédérique
• German: Friederike
• Greek: Frideriki
• Icelandic:Friðrika
• Italian: Federica
• Norwegian: Fredrikke
• Polish: Fryderyka
• Swedish:Fredrika, Fredrica
• Spanish: Federica

References[link]

External links[link]

• Behind the Name

Fredrik Thordendal
Fredrik Thordendal performing live at Mondo, Stockholm, Sweden during May 2005.
Background information
Birth name	Fredrik Thordendal
Born	(1970-02-11) February 11, 1970 (age 42)
Origin	Umeå, Sweden
Genres	Experimental metal, heavy metal, djent, progressive metal, technical death metal
Occupations	Musician, songwriter
Instruments	Guitar, bass, keyboard, vocal, programming, drums
Associated acts	Meshuggah Fredrik Thordendal's Special Defects
Notable instruments
Custom Nevborn and Ibanez 8- and 7-strings

Fredrik Thordendal (born February 11, 1970) is a Swedish lead-guitarist of the metal band Meshuggah.

He, along with Meshuggah's rhythm guitarist Mårten Hagström were rated #35 by Guitar World in the top 100 greatest heavy metal guitarists of all-time.^[1]

Musical career[link]

Thordendal began his career when he formed "Metallien", a heavily Metallica-influenced band, in his hometown Umeå in 1985. The band later changed their name to Meshuggah and released their first LP Psykisk Testbild in 1989^[2]. Beginning as a thrash metal band, Meshuggah's music gradually evolved into a more progressive sound. The band is now known for having created Djent^[3], a sub-genre of Progressive Metal. Thordendal has been widely recognized^[4][5] in the metal community for his work with Meshuggah.

Under the name Fredrik Thordendal's Special Defects, Thordendal released a solo album in 1997 titled Sol Niger Within with Ultimate Audio Entertainment. The album was remixed and re-released by Ultimate Audio Entertainment and Relapse Records in 1999 under the title Sol Niger Within version 3.33. The re-release contains two bonus tracks but omits several parts of the original version. Thordendal also featured on several tracks for drummer Morgan Ågren's Mats/Morgan Band.

As a guitarist, Thordendal draws attention with his clean, complex lead-playing, inspired by jazz fusion guitarist Allan Holdsworth, and complex rhythm-playing featuring prominent polymetric passages. These characteristics are augmented by his use of seven and eight-string guitars. He has a large contribution to songwriting, as well as providing backing vocals for some songs during live performances. He also writes the basslines and performs electric bass in the studio, Dick Lövgren covering these parts during live performances.

Thordendal is also a producer of some note, having produced all of Meshuggah's recent material and also releases for various other bands, Switzerland's Fragment among them.

Thordendal has featured in numerous side-projects, such as XXX Atomic Toejam with Petter Marklund. The project had released a 7" two-track single "Celebration" under the name Sepülchre Inc., then took the moniker XXX Atomic Toejam and issued an MCD entitled "A Gathering Of The Tribes For The First / Last Human Be-In" on Cold Meat Industry and also featured a track on the "Karmanik Collection" compilation. A full-length album was long announced, but never surfaced. Thordendal also played bass for Petter Marklund's solo project Memorandum and together with Marklund remixed tracks on the 1995 compilation album "Ars Moriendi".

Thordendal features in the Darkane track "Psychic Pain" from the album Insanity, performing lead guitar. Thordendal also contributed to the song "Asphyxiate" which can be found on Scarve's album Irradiant. He played a guitar solo on the title track of the Devin Townsend Project album Deconstruction.

In 1992, while working as a carpenter, Thordendal cut off the tip of one of his fingers.^[6]

Equipment[link]

Guitars[link]

Thordendal's current main guitars are Ibanez Custom 8-String M8M which feature RG-shaped or Iceman-shaped alder bodies with 5-piece maple/Bubinga neck-thru necks (29.4" {746.76 mm}), rosewood fingerboards (no inlays), fixed bridge (actually an Ibanez FX-Edge fixed tremolo), one volume, one tone, and one Lundgren Model 8 pickup. The fixed bridge on one of his 8 strings has since been replaced with a Kahler tremolo system. Thordendal also owns a 7-string acoustic guitar, also made by Ibanez. For some time he also used Nevborn guitars. This company made Meshuggah their first 8 string guitars: however these guitars suffered from intonation problems, causing Thordendal to abandon the company and switch to exclusively using Ibanez guitars.

Tuning:
For early Meshuggah releases, Fredrik tuned his 7 strings in B♭tuning (one half step below standard tuning). He followed suit when he started using 8 string guitars, tuning them down to F tuning. It was explained in an interview that they tuned their guitars this way because in the early days of Meshuggah, before Jens Kidman adopted his signature vocal style, it was easier for him to sing in the key of Eb or Bb. Occasionally Thordendal deviates from his "standard" tuning: on the songs "Glints Collide", "Nebulous", "Organic Shadows", "Perpetual Black Second", and "Stengah" he tunes the low F string of his 8 string guitar a half step lower to E. On "Spasm" he tunes it even lower from that, down to Bb, making the 8th string an octave below the 7th.

Guitar Strings, Dunlop:
String gauges: .070 - .052 - .046 - .036 - .026 - .016 - .011 - .009.

Guitar Picks:
Jim Dunlop Nylon 1mm

Amplifiers and Effects[link]

• • Line 6 Vetta II Head Units
  • Fractal Audio Systems Axe-FX Ultra (obZen tour)
  • DAR Forza Quattro
  • Behringer FCB1010 (MIDI controller for the Axe-FX)
  • "33" MIDI Breath Controller (built by Johan Haake, the brother of drummer Tomas Haake)
  • Clavia Nord Modular G2 Engine (effects processor for the "33" breath controller)
  • Digitech Digidelay
  • Digitech GNX4 Guitar Effects Processor
  • Unknown Pedal (probably a MIDI controller that controls parameters of the Vetta Head Units)
  • T.C. Electronics Pre-Amp

Amplifiers and Effects used in the past[link]

• • Marshall Valvestate 8200
  • Mesa/Boogie .50 Caliber+
  • Mesa Engineering Dual-Rectifier
  • Marshall JCM800
  • Marshall 1960A cab
  • Line 6 POD Pro
  • Rocktron Juice Extractor
  • T.C. Electronics Chorus & Flanger
  • Homemade "Les Amp" Head Unit
  • Homemade 1x12" Cabinet
  • Yamaha Breath Controller
  • Volume Unit (Yamaha BC controlled the amount of volume that the unit would allow through)
  • ADA Rackmount Delay

Discography[link]

Meshuggah

• Psykisk Testbild (EP, 1989)
• Contradictions Collapse (1991)
• None (EP, 1994)
• Selfcaged (USA version) (1995)
• Selfcaged (1995)
• Destroy Erase Improve (1995)
• Chaosphere (1998)
• Nothing (2002)
• I (EP, 2004)
• Catch Thirty-Three (2005)
• Nothing - Re-issue (2006)
• obZen (2008)
• Alive (Live Album, 2010)
• Koloss (March 2012)^[7]

Fredrik Thordendal's Special Defects

• Sol Niger Within (1997)
• Untitled (TBA)

The Devin Townsend Project

• Deconstruction (2011) (guest guitarist on "Deconstruction")

Gojira

• Untitled Sea Shepard EP (TBA) (guest guitarist on "Of Blood and Salt")

Scarve

• Irradiant (guest solo guitarist on "Asphyxiate")

References[link]

• Meshuggah at Allmusic

External links[link]

• Official website
• Meshuggah on Myspace
• Meshuggah discography at MusicBrainz
• Thordendal's pedals explained

Fredrik Warg
Born	(1979-05-03) May 3, 1979 (age 33) Skellefteå, SWE
Height	6 ft 1.2 in (1.86 m)
Weight	198 lb (90 kg; 14 st 2 lb)
Position	Centre/Right Wing
Shoots	Right
KHL team Former teams	Dinamo Riga Skellefteå AIK Timrå IK and Modo
National team	Sweden
Playing career	2000–present

Bo John Fredrik Warg (born May 3, 1979 in Skellefteå, Sweden) is a forward for the Dinamo Riga hockey team in Latvia KHL. He has also played for Modo and Timrå IK. He has reached agreement with Dinamo Riga of KHL and will join his fellow countryman Björn Melin for 11-12 season.^[1]

External links[link]

• Fredrik Warg's career stats at The Internet Hockey Database

References[link]

• "Fredrik Warg - player profile and career stats". European Hockey.Net. http://www.eurohockey.net/players/show_player.cgi?serial=10060. Retrieved January 31, 2007. 
• "Fredrik Warg". Elite Prospects. http://www.eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=235. Retrieved January 31, 2007. 

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Fredrik Kempe (2010)

Fredrik Kempe, born in Vårgårda on April 29, 1972, is a Swedish songwriter and opera and pop singer. He has participated in Swedish versions of the musicals Les Misérables and Chess. In 2002, Kempe had a hit with Vincerò, where he mixed opera and disco.

Melodifestivalen[link]

Kempe has participated in Melodifestivalen twice as a performer. He entered Melodifestivalen 2004 with the song Finally, a tribute to his favourite composer Benny Andersson and in 2005 together with Sanna Nielsen singing Du och jag mot världen.

In Melodifestivalen 2007, he co-wrote three songs. One was Cara Mia, performed by Måns Zelmerlöw and another was Vågar du, vågar jag, performed by Sanna Nielsen.

In Melodifestivalen 2008 he co-wrote the music and wrote the lyrics to the winning entry, "Hero", performed by Charlotte Perrelli.

Once again in 2009, he wrote the music and lyrics for the winning song "La voix" performed by Malena Ernman.^[1]

In 2011 he won Melodifestivalen for the third time, writing the Eric Saade entry Popular.

Entries[link]

Melodi Grand Prix[link]

In 2010 he composed and co-wrote the Norwegian entry, "My Heart Is Yours", for the Eurovision Song Contest 2010, performed by Didrik Solli-Tangen.

Discography[link]

• Bohème (2004-04-21)
• Songs For Your Broken Heart (2002-12-02)

References[link]

External links[link]

• Fredrik Kempe at the Internet Movie Database

Fredrik Åkesson
Fredrik Åkesson at Hollywood, California in 2009.
Background information
Also known as	Kulle
Born	(1972-07-18) July 18, 1972 (age 39)
Origin	Stockholm, Sweden
Genres	Progressive death metal, Death metal, progressive metal, progressive rock, doom metal, hard rock
Occupations	Guitarist, musician, songwriter
Instruments	Vocals, guitar
Years active	1992-present
Associated acts	Opeth, Talisman, Arch Enemy, Krux, Tiamat
Website	www.fredrikakesson.com
Notable instruments
ESP Signature model PRS Guitars

Karl Fredrik Henry Åkesson^[1] is a Swedish heavy metal guitarist. He is a current member of Opeth.^[2] He is also active in Krux,^[3] Monsters of Metal and Talisman.^[4]

Biography[link]

Åkesson has been playing guitar since the age of 12. His early musical influences include Michael Schenker, Uli Jon Roth, Yngwie Malmsteen and George Lynch. Marcel Jacob, founder of Talisman, held auditions in 1992 to find a new guitar player after Jason Bieler left them to play with Saigon Kick; the 19 year-old Åkesson was selected for the position. He spent almost four years with Talisman and after five records decided to leave them for a heavier outfit. Åkesson, Mats Levén, John Levén, and Rickard Evensand formed a band called Eyeball who would later change their name to Southpaw. In 1998 Åkesson was appeared on two albums: Southpaw's debut album and Naïve by Clockwise. He also recorded a version of Journey's classic "Send Her My Love" with Clockwise for a tribute album that was never released.

In Åkesson he returned to record and tour with Talisman. They worked on two new studio efforts: Cats and Dogs (2003) and 7 (2006) plus a live album called Five Men Live (2005) which was released on DVD as World's Best Kept Secret. In 2004, Åkesson filled in for Tiamat guitarist Thomas Petersson on tour and was featured in the The Church of Tiamat DVD release in 2006. He also appeared on the Sabbtail album Night Church, again with Mats Levén.

Åkesson co-wrote two tracks on the album Optimus by John Norum and appeared in the recordings. He also played with melodic death metal band Arch Enemy from 2005 to 2007, having been recruited when original Arch Enemy guitarist Christopher Amott took a 18-month break from September 2005 until his return in March 2007. Åkesson also played on the Krux album II, released in 2006. In 2007, he appeared with Krux in the Sweden Rock Festival.

On May 17, 2007, the progressive death metal band Opeth announced that Åkesson would replace departed guitarist Peter Lindgren. Åkesson's first tour with the band was the Progressive Nation Tour with Dream Theater and Between the Buried and Me. Åkesson's first album with Opeth was Watershed (2008) in which he co-wrote the song "Porcelain Heart" with Mikael Åkerfeldt. The album Heritage was released in September 2011, also with one song (the bonus track "Pyre") co-written by Åkesson.

Endorsements[link]

Fredrik Åkesson had an endorsement arrangement with ESP Guitars which continued into 2007. He also had his own signature model. ^[5] Since joining Opeth, Åkesson switched to PRS Guitars with Marshall JVM 410 amps and cabs. In the "Porcelain Heart" videoclip he can be seen using a PRS Mark Tremonti Signature guitar. In 2009, Fredrik has switched to Blackstar Amplification, using the Series One 200. In addition to his Blackstar amps, Fredrik also uses Fractal Audio's Axe FX effects processor. He left Blackstar in 2012, switching his endorsement to Marshall amps. In 2011, PRS guitars produced his signature model PRS.

Discography[link]

[edit] With Opeth

• Heritage (2011)
• In Live Concert at the Royal Albert Hall (2010)
• Watershed (2008)

[edit] With Krux

• He Who Sleeps Amongst The Stars (2011)
• II (2006)
• Live (DVD) (2003)
• Krux (2003)

[edit] With Arch Enemy

• Live Apocalypse (DVD, 2006)

[edit] With Tiamat

• Church of Tiamat (DVD, 2005)

[edit] With John Norum

• Optimus (2005)

With Sabbtail[link]

• Night Church (2004)

[edit] With Talisman

• 7 - 2006
• Five Men Live - 2005
• Cats and Dogs - 2003
• BESTerious (Compilation) - 1996
• Best of... (Compilation, different from above) - 1996
• Life - 1995
• Five out of Five (Live in Japan) - 1994
• Humanimal - 1994
• Humanimal Part II - 1994
• Genesis - 1993

[edit] CD singles and promos with Talisman

• Frozen (CD Single) (1995)
• All + All (CD Single) (1994)
• Todo y Todo (CD Single) (All + All Latin American market release under nickname Genaro) (1994)
• Colour My XTC (CD Single) (1994)
• Doing Time With My Baby (CD Single) (1994)
• Time after Time (CD Single) (1993)
• Mysterious (This Time is Serious) (CD Single) (1993)

With Human Clay[link]

• Closing the Book on Human Clay (2003)
• Human Clay (1996)

With Southpaw[link]

• SouthPaw (1998)

With Clockwise[link]

• Naïve (1998)

References[link]

External links[link]

• Fredrik Åkesson website
• Fredrik Åkesson's MySpace
• Clockwise official MySpace