Frederik Paulsen Jr

Frederik Dag Arfst Paulsen was born on 30 October 1950 in Stockholm, Sweden, as a Swedish citizen. His father was Frederik Paulsen Sr, the founder of Ferring Pharmaceuticals. Paulsen grew up in Sweden, with his father and his father's second wife, Dr. Eva Wolf Frandsen – one of the founding researchers at Ferring. He attended school in Sweden and then went on to study chemistry at the Christian Albrecht University in Kiel, (Germany) and business administration at Lund University in Sweden.{{cite web|url=http://www.uni-kiel.de/aktuell/pm/2010/2010-104-ehrenbuergerwuerde-paulsen.shtml |title=CAU verleiht Professor Frederik Paulsen die Ehrenbürgerwürde |language=German |date=25 June 2010 |publisher=University of Kiel |accessdate=29 April 2012}} He received his doctoral degree in Demography from Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales in Paris, France.{{Cite thesis|title=Migrations et devenir démographique en Sibérie : une approche à partir de cas régionaux|url=http://www.theses.fr/2018PSLEH197|publisher=Paris Sciences et Lettres|date=2018-12-18|degree=thesis|first=Frederik Dag Arfst|last=Paulsen}}

Since 2003, Paulsen has been based in Switzerland, where Ferring subsequently established its global headquarters in Saint-Prex.{{Cite news|url=https://www.letemps.ch/suisse/frederik-paulsen-un-riche-ami-veut-bien|title=Frederik Paulsen, un (riche) ami qui vous veut du bien|date=2018-09-21|work=Le Temps|access-date=2020-04-06|language=fr|issn=1423-3967}} His business interests focus mainly on the Ferring Pharmaceuticals Group where he has worked since 1976 in senior executive positions.

In addition, he has interests in real estate and viticulture.{{Cite web|title=Georgian wine: Finding a path – Andrew Jefford|url=https://www.decanter.com/wine-news/opinion/jefford-on-monday/georgian-wine-finding-path-387303/|last=Andrew Jefford|date=2018-03-26|website=Decanter|language=en|access-date=2020-05-27}} Frederik Paulsen also holds several board memberships. Until 2023, he was for instance a member of the board of directors of the tobacco company Philip Morris International.{{in lang|fr}} Yan Pauchard, [https://www.letemps.ch/suisse/frederik-paulsen-un-riche-ami-veut-bien « Frederik Paulsen, un (riche) ami qui vous veut du bien »], Le Temps, 21 September 2018 (page visited on 17 October 2018).{{Cite web|url=https://www.pmi.com/who-we-are/corporate-governance/board-of-directors|title=Board of Directors|website=Philip Morris International|access-date=2021-03-09}}

Since 2009 until 2022, Paulsen also held the position of Honorary Consul of the Russian Federation, in Lausanne, Switzerland.{{Cite web|title=Expert opinion of the Second International Russian-Swiss Forum "Innovation Day"|url=http://www.rsfi.ru/en/partners/|website=www.rsfi.ru|access-date=2020-04-09}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.vd-consulatrusse.ch/|title=Honorary Consulate General of Russia in Lausanne|website=www.vd-consulatrusse.ch|access-date=2022-03-16|archive-date=26 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220126173523/http://www.vd-consulatrusse.ch/|url-status=dead}} He was appointed Honorary Consul General in 2015. In 2020, he was appointed a Knight of the Order of St. John by Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth of England.{{Cite web|title=Order of St John|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/notice/3493443|website=www.thegazette.co.uk|access-date=2020-04-09}}

Paulsen is also an explorer. In 2007, alongside Russian Veteran explorer Artur Chilingarov and Australian researcher Mike McDowell, he descended more than 14,000 feet in a Russian MIR submersible to take samples of soil and fauna at the bottom of the Arctic Ocean at the North Pole. In 2010, Paulsen, alongside his travelling companion François Bernard, completed the first crossing of the Bering Strait from America to Russia in an ultralight aircraft.{{Cite web|url=https://www.explorersweb.com/air/news.php?id=19346|title=ExplorersWeb|website=www.explorersweb.com|access-date=2020-04-07}}

In the winter of 2013, he became the first man to explore all eight of the Earth's poles.

As chairman emeritus{{Cite web|url=https://www.ferring.com/about-ferring/board-of-directors/|title=Board of Directors|website=Ferring Pharmaceuticals|language=en|access-date=2022-04-01}} of Ferring, Paulsen is a founding sponsor of The Peptide Therapeutics Foundation. He has contributed to the opening of several fertility clinics throughout Russia to help solve its demographics problem.{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/05/06/pole-dancer|title=Pole Dancer|last=Paumgarten|first=Nick|magazine=The New Yorker|language=en|access-date=2020-04-08}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/bruceupbin/2013/03/23/meet-frederik-paulsen-the-swedish-pharma-billionaire-without-fear/|title=Meet Frederik Paulsen, The Swedish Pharma Billionaire Without Fear|last=Upbin|first=Bruce|website=Forbes|language=en|access-date=2020-04-08}} He has donated approximately $40 million to the Museum Kunst der Westküste (Museum of West Coast Art). He has also substantially contributed to the Salk Institute in San Diego, California, Bhutan's Royal Textile Academy and the South Georgia Heritage Trust in Scotland.{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/bruceupbin/2013/10/08/soaring-over-siberia-with-extreme-billionaire-explorer-frederik-paulsen/|title=Soaring Over Siberia With Extreme Billionaire Explorer Frederik Paulsen|last=Upbin|first=Bruce|website=Forbes|language=en|access-date=2020-04-08}}

• Doctorate honoris causa, Politics, Moscow State Institute of International Relations, Moscow, Russian Federation.{{cite web|title=Honorary Doctorates|url=https://english.mgimo.ru/worldwide/doctorates|website=MGIMO University|accessdate=10 May 2018}}
• Doctorate honoris causa, Duncan of Jordanstone College, University of Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom.{{Cite web|title=University To Honour Leading Figures At Winter Graduation : News|url=https://www.dundee.ac.uk/news/2017/university-to-honour-leading-figures-at-winter-graduation.php|last=Dundee|first=University of|website=University of Dundee|language=en|access-date=2020-05-29}}
• Ehrenbürgerschaft, Honorary Citizenship, awarded by the Christian Albrecht University, Kiel, Germany.
• Орден Дружбы, Order of Friendship presented by President Vladimir Putin of the Russian Federation.{{cite news|title=Putin awards underwater polar explorers|url=https://uk.reuters.com/article/oukoe-uk-russia-putin-awards/putin-awards-underwater-polar-explorers-idUKL2151370620080221|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180511014420/https://uk.reuters.com/article/oukoe-uk-russia-putin-awards/putin-awards-underwater-polar-explorers-idUKL2151370620080221|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 May 2018|accessdate=10 May 2018|work=Reuters|date=21 February 2008}}
• Нагрудный знак "Почетному полярнику", Honorary Polar Explorer Medal, Aspol, Moscow, Russian Federation.
• མངའ་བདག་དཔལ་གྱི་འཁོར་ལོ། Nga Dap Pel Gi Khorlo, The Order of the Druk Gyalpo, presented by King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck of Bhutan.{{cite news|title=The Bhutanese roll of honours|url=http://www.kuenselonline.com/the-bhutanese-roll-of-honours-2/|accessdate=10 May 2018|work=Kuensel|date=8 April 2015}}
• Silver Medal of Russian Geographic Society, awarded by the RGS, Russian Federation.{{cite web|title=Events – Meeting of Russian Geographical Society Board of Trustees|url=http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/20787|website=Official Internet Resources of the President of Russia|accessdate=10 May 2018}}
• Medal of Honour, granted by the Granada Dance and Music International Festival, Spain.{{cite web|title=Granada Hoy|date=June 2017|url=http://www.granadahoy.com/ocio/Frederik-Paulsen-Medalla-Festival-Musica_0_1141085907.html|accessdate=10 May 2018}}
• Knight of the Order of St John by Queen Elizabeth II.
• The winner of the national award "Crystal Compass". (Russia)

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• [http://www.ferring.com/en/aboutus/board-directors/Frederik+Paulsen.htm Ferring Pharmaceuticals biography] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100813013246/http://www.ferring.com/en/aboutus/board-directors/Frederik+Paulsen.htm |date=13 August 2010 }}
• [http://www.ferring.com Ferring Pharmaceuticals]
• [http://www.frtab.org Friends of the Royal Textile Academy of Bhutan]
• [http://www.polypeptide.com Polypeptide Laboratories BV]
• [http://www.nordicpharmagroup.com Nordic Pharmaceuticals BV]
• [http://www.eurodiagnostica.com Euro-Diagnostica BV]
• [http://www.editionspaulsen.com Editions Paulsen]

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