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Fred Andersson
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Fred Andersson is a Swedish story producer, researcher and writer with over twenty years of experience in commercial television and the author of three books. He lives in Märsta, outside Stockholm, with his photographer husband Grzegorz and two overly active cats.
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I’ve been a guest on many podcasts recently, most of them the kind of podcasts I want to be on, with free-flowing discussions that almost…
When a candle burns down, it won’t feel pain. Perhaps it’s pleasure that crosses its mind, or maybe it’s something we can’t fathom, or perhaps…
One vivid memory I have from my youth is sitting by the kitchen table at my father’s apartment, talking to his partner, Gunilla. Even as…
One of the finer things we have in life are secrets. A secret gives us power in many ways, something that has been written about…
Photo: Grzegorz Fitał“Life is like a jar of marbles. You always know what you’re gonna get.”Years ago, I never thought I would write a text that started…
Headline from Allers, issue 2, 1974.I don’t remember the exact moment, but it was during a conversation with Clas Svahn when I first heard it being…
Describing what Eyes Wide Shut has meant to me throughout the years is challenging. Stanley Kubrick’s deeply mysterious melodrama is perhaps the most potent occult…
I’m a pretty extreme individualist, so I don’t get upset about “bad” movies. To me, each film is a separate reality, and it’s not my…
If I were less original as a writer, I would state that disclosure can only be found in your heart and not through government whistleblowers,…
Artist: Fred AnderssonImagine two people living all by themselves, feeling all alone in the world. We follow them for a while on their respective paths…
When Sean S. Cunningham gently ripped off Mario Bava’s 1971 “Bay of Blood” and unleashed the brilliant — and extremely straightforward — “Friday the 13th” in 1980, I guess…
Photo: Fred AnderssonDuring very special circumstances, I once passed a strange man on a bridge. He was short, chubby; his pants were huge (it looked…
“It’s too silent out there,” how many times haven’t we heard that phrase in a movie? Can something be too silent anyway? Does silence really…
My new book: Northern Lights — High Strangeness in Sweden!I’m finally holding it in my hand: my new book — a book I, for once, got published by someone other…
Put more than two people under one roof, and sooner or later, something paranormal — or at the very least, out of the ordinary — is bound to happen.…
I recently had the pleasure to appear on I Believe in Humans Podcast, available both on places where you listen to podcasts (for example Apple…
Have you ever noticed how fire seems to be alive? Well, the fire IS alive, as it — like us humans and other animals — needs oxygen to survive,…
Space Panake Day 2023 (photo: Fred Andersson)The question in the headline may seem obvious, but after spending a number of years in the eye of…
Vanishing Visitors at Vikbolandet: Encounters with Mysterious Beings in 1970s Sweden.The 70s were a glorious time for strange incidents and observations in Sweden. One that intrigued…
One of the most mysterious things I’ve ever experienced was when I did my first (and so far, last) past life regression. It was for…
A short story: Beer Bottle Cap.The following text was written at the end of May, 2019, just minutes after listening the story. I feel it’s time…
Illustration: Fred AnderssonThe secret with getting magic to work is to not believe in it — what you need to do instead is just to accept that…
Illustration: Fred AnderssonThe secret with getting magic to work is to not believe in it — what you need to do instead is just to accept that…
Illustration: Fred AnderssonThe secret with getting magic to work is to not believe in it — what you need to do instead is just to accept that…
Illustration: Fred AnderssonThe secret with getting magic to work is to not believe in it — what you need to do instead is just to accept that…
Illustration: Fred AnderssonThe secret with getting magic to work is to not believe in it — what you need to do instead is just to accept that…
Illustration: Fred AnderssonThe secret with getting magic to work is to not believe in it — what you need to do instead is just to accept that…
Illustration: Fred AnderssonThe secret with getting magic to work is to not believe in it — what you need to do instead is just to accept that…
Illustration: Fred AnderssonThe secret with getting magic to work is to not believe in it — what you need to do instead is just to accept that…
Illustration: Fred AnderssonThe secret with getting magic to work is to not believe in it — what you need to do instead is just to accept that…
Illustration: Fred AnderssonThe secret with getting magic to work is to not believe in it — what you need to do instead is just to accept that…
Illustration: Fred AnderssonThe secret with getting magic to work is to not believe in it — what you need to do instead is just to accept that…
Illustration: Fred AnderssonThe secret with getting magic to work is to not believe in it — what you need to do instead is just to accept that…
Illustration: Fred AnderssonThe secret with getting magic to work is to not believe in it — what you need to do instead is just to accept that…
Illustration: Fred AnderssonThe secret with getting magic to work is to not believe in it — what you need to do instead is just to accept that…
Illustration: Fred AnderssonThe secret with getting magic to work is to not believe in it — what you need to do instead is just to accept that…
Illustration: Fred AnderssonThe secret with getting magic to work is to not believe in it — what you need to do instead is just to accept that…
Illustration: Fred AnderssonThe secret with getting magic to work is to not believe in it — what you need to do instead is just to accept that…
From The A.P.R.O. Bulletin July-August, 1968.The sphere is a three-dimensional symbol of wholeness, unity, and completeness that embodies the universe, the Earth, and its natural…
There was something utterly fascinating with the bloody corpse hanging on the wall above me, a tired-looking (yet very fit, with a six pack and…
In my text “Dinosaur Disclosure: Large Lizards, Sinister Serpents, and Dangerous Dragons in the Modern World,” I briefly mention a large winged creature in Sweden.…
Many years ago I took a dirt cheap flight from the buzzing big city of Bangkok to the overcrowded smaller city of Siem Reap in…
Let me tell you a secret. One of the most powerful secrets of them all, a secret so damn secret no one will admit it…
It’s said that the word nonsense comes from unsense, the absence of sense. Wow, that’s four “sense”-ish words in the first sentence in a text…
Years ago when I browsed through old issues of UFO-Aktuellt, I found an incident which I never have been able to let go of. No…
Illustration: Fred AnderssonIn my pocket I always carry with me a very special coin. It’s there to remind me that I do things for my…
I’ve never seen a ghost, at least not a dead one. Ghost/spirits/whatever you want to call them might be lurking in dark corridors of English…
I’ve realized I can’t stop myself sometimes, as with stories, statements and random words one after another like “it was on a lonely countryside road”.…
Photo by Åke Lejon.Hidden in the history of Swedish — and international — UFO observations, it’s possible to find one of the more anonymous incidents ever, at least when looking…
Like so many other places in the world during the seventies, Sweden was a strange place. It was a transition from the flower power psyops…Continue…
Sometimes when I look back at my writings I can see how I often focus on so-called inner experiences, or dreamlike events which might be…Continue…
I could almost sense him, the man behind me. Well, first I saw him — he was passing me in the opposite direction — and there was a slight…Continue…
The place where I live is my favorite spot in the world.Continue reading on Medium »
Still from Plan 9 from Outer Space (Edward D. Wood Jr, 1957)The text messages coming from the filming was — to say the least — encouraging. We’re shooting the fifth…
Illustration: Fred AnderssonThe reality of someone else is always ambiguous, subjective and truly impossible to fully understand for anyone not living in that specific plane…
Illustration: Sten Johnsson, modified by Fred Andersson.In Sweden we call it dagsmeja, that time of the year when it’s below zero and still the snow…
In front of me are thousands upon thousands of blu-ray discs and DVDs, the result of years of collecting. I must admit that my obsession…
“To believe is one thing, to know is something completely different”. It’s a quote used several times in Victor Dinell’s and Crazy Pictures new movie…
Film review: The Sacred Spirit (Chema García Ibarra, 2021)I’m a collector of UFO-themed movies, or stories that relate to this particular subject. I have them all,…
Very excited to be a part of this project and together with a lot amazing researchers, experts, historians, podcasters etc! Head over to Campfire: Tales…
The Jawbone of Axala: From Giants in Norse Mythology, Observations in Modern Times to Bloody Murder.
Giants in Sweden: Past and Present.From UFO-Information, issue 4, 1977.My mom, a fabulous woman who always believed — and still does — in the importance of imagination, often took me out…
The Stalo as painted by Carl LarssonSweden has around 100,000 lakes and the west, south and southeast faces the sea. No wonder stories about lake monsters…
One of the most effective ways to create magic is passion; to truly love something (or someone). That alone, to dive deep down into an…
Illustration: Fred AnderssonThe first time I became truly aware of the connection between UFOs and owls was when I saw Olatunde Osunsanmi’s The Fourth Kind…
Original illustration in UFO-Aspekt. 1977I’m a curious person. Sometimes too curious. This curiosity often shows itself as all me putting all my attention on nonsens.…
I’ve been a guest on many podcasts recently, most of them the kind of podcasts I want to be on, with free-flowing discussions that almost…
When a candle burns down, it won’t feel pain. Perhaps it’s pleasure that crosses its mind, or maybe it’s something we can’t fathom, or perhaps…
One vivid memory I have from my youth is sitting by the kitchen table at my father’s apartment, talking to his partner, Gunilla. Even as…
One of the finer things we have in life are secrets. A secret gives us power in many ways, something that has been written about…
Photo: Grzegorz Fitał“Life is like a jar of marbles. You always know what you’re gonna get.”Years ago, I never thought I would write a text that started…
Headline from Allers, issue 2, 1974.I don’t remember the exact moment, but it was during a conversation with Clas Svahn when I first heard it being…
Describing what Eyes Wide Shut has meant to me throughout the years is challenging. Stanley Kubrick’s deeply mysterious melodrama is perhaps the most potent occult…
I’m a pretty extreme individualist, so I don’t get upset about “bad” movies. To me, each film is a separate reality, and it’s not my…
If I were less original as a writer, I would state that disclosure can only be found in your heart and not through government whistleblowers,…
Artist: Fred AnderssonImagine two people living all by themselves, feeling all alone in the world. We follow them for a while on their respective paths…
When Sean S. Cunningham gently ripped off Mario Bava’s 1971 “Bay of Blood” and unleashed the brilliant — and extremely straightforward — “Friday the 13th” in 1980, I guess…
Photo: Fred AnderssonDuring very special circumstances, I once passed a strange man on a bridge. He was short, chubby; his pants were huge (it looked…
“It’s too silent out there,” how many times haven’t we heard that phrase in a movie? Can something be too silent anyway? Does silence really…
My new book: Northern Lights — High Strangeness in Sweden!I’m finally holding it in my hand: my new book — a book I, for once, got published by someone other…
Put more than two people under one roof, and sooner or later, something paranormal — or at the very least, out of the ordinary — is bound to happen.…
I recently had the pleasure to appear on I Believe in Humans Podcast, available both on places where you listen to podcasts (for example Apple…
Have you ever noticed how fire seems to be alive? Well, the fire IS alive, as it — like us humans and other animals — needs oxygen to survive,…
Space Panake Day 2023 (photo: Fred Andersson)The question in the headline may seem obvious, but after spending a number of years in the eye of…
Vanishing Visitors at Vikbolandet: Encounters with Mysterious Beings in 1970s Sweden.The 70s were a glorious time for strange incidents and observations in Sweden. One that intrigued…
One of the most mysterious things I’ve ever experienced was when I did my first (and so far, last) past life regression. It was for…
A short story: Beer Bottle Cap.The following text was written at the end of May, 2019, just minutes after listening the story. I feel it’s time…
Illustration: Fred AnderssonThe secret with getting magic to work is to not believe in it — what you need to do instead is just to accept that…
Illustration: Fred AnderssonThe secret with getting magic to work is to not believe in it — what you need to do instead is just to accept that…
Illustration: Fred AnderssonThe secret with getting magic to work is to not believe in it — what you need to do instead is just to accept that…
Illustration: Fred AnderssonThe secret with getting magic to work is to not believe in it — what you need to do instead is just to accept that…
Illustration: Fred AnderssonThe secret with getting magic to work is to not believe in it — what you need to do instead is just to accept that…
Illustration: Fred AnderssonThe secret with getting magic to work is to not believe in it — what you need to do instead is just to accept that…
Illustration: Fred AnderssonThe secret with getting magic to work is to not believe in it — what you need to do instead is just to accept that…
Illustration: Fred AnderssonThe secret with getting magic to work is to not believe in it — what you need to do instead is just to accept that…
Illustration: Fred AnderssonThe secret with getting magic to work is to not believe in it — what you need to do instead is just to accept that…
Illustration: Fred AnderssonThe secret with getting magic to work is to not believe in it — what you need to do instead is just to accept that…
Illustration: Fred AnderssonThe secret with getting magic to work is to not believe in it — what you need to do instead is just to accept that…
Illustration: Fred AnderssonThe secret with getting magic to work is to not believe in it — what you need to do instead is just to accept that…
Illustration: Fred AnderssonThe secret with getting magic to work is to not believe in it — what you need to do instead is just to accept that…
Illustration: Fred AnderssonThe secret with getting magic to work is to not believe in it — what you need to do instead is just to accept that…
Illustration: Fred AnderssonThe secret with getting magic to work is to not believe in it — what you need to do instead is just to accept that…
Illustration: Fred AnderssonThe secret with getting magic to work is to not believe in it — what you need to do instead is just to accept that…
Illustration: Fred AnderssonThe secret with getting magic to work is to not believe in it — what you need to do instead is just to accept that…
From The A.P.R.O. Bulletin July-August, 1968.The sphere is a three-dimensional symbol of wholeness, unity, and completeness that embodies the universe, the Earth, and its natural…
There was something utterly fascinating with the bloody corpse hanging on the wall above me, a tired-looking (yet very fit, with a six pack and…
In my text “Dinosaur Disclosure: Large Lizards, Sinister Serpents, and Dangerous Dragons in the Modern World,” I briefly mention a large winged creature in Sweden.…
Many years ago I took a dirt cheap flight from the buzzing big city of Bangkok to the overcrowded smaller city of Siem Reap in…
Let me tell you a secret. One of the most powerful secrets of them all, a secret so damn secret no one will admit it…
It’s said that the word nonsense comes from unsense, the absence of sense. Wow, that’s four “sense”-ish words in the first sentence in a text…
Years ago when I browsed through old issues of UFO-Aktuellt, I found an incident which I never have been able to let go of. No…
Illustration: Fred AnderssonIn my pocket I always carry with me a very special coin. It’s there to remind me that I do things for my…
I’ve never seen a ghost, at least not a dead one. Ghost/spirits/whatever you want to call them might be lurking in dark corridors of English…
I’ve realized I can’t stop myself sometimes, as with stories, statements and random words one after another like “it was on a lonely countryside road”.…
Photo by Åke Lejon.Hidden in the history of Swedish — and international — UFO observations, it’s possible to find one of the more anonymous incidents ever, at least when looking…
Like so many other places in the world during the seventies, Sweden was a strange place. It was a transition from the flower power psyops…Continue…
Sometimes when I look back at my writings I can see how I often focus on so-called inner experiences, or dreamlike events which might be…Continue…
I could almost sense him, the man behind me. Well, first I saw him — he was passing me in the opposite direction — and there was a slight…Continue…
The place where I live is my favorite spot in the world.Continue reading on Medium »
Still from Plan 9 from Outer Space (Edward D. Wood Jr, 1957)The text messages coming from the filming was — to say the least — encouraging. We’re shooting the fifth…
Illustration: Fred AnderssonThe reality of someone else is always ambiguous, subjective and truly impossible to fully understand for anyone not living in that specific plane…
Illustration: Sten Johnsson, modified by Fred Andersson.In Sweden we call it dagsmeja, that time of the year when it’s below zero and still the snow…
In front of me are thousands upon thousands of blu-ray discs and DVDs, the result of years of collecting. I must admit that my obsession…
“To believe is one thing, to know is something completely different”. It’s a quote used several times in Victor Dinell’s and Crazy Pictures new movie…
Film review: The Sacred Spirit (Chema García Ibarra, 2021)I’m a collector of UFO-themed movies, or stories that relate to this particular subject. I have them all,…
Very excited to be a part of this project and together with a lot amazing researchers, experts, historians, podcasters etc! Head over to Campfire: Tales…
The Jawbone of Axala: From Giants in Norse Mythology, Observations in Modern Times to Bloody Murder.
Giants in Sweden: Past and Present.From UFO-Information, issue 4, 1977.My mom, a fabulous woman who always believed — and still does — in the importance of imagination, often took me out…
The Stalo as painted by Carl LarssonSweden has around 100,000 lakes and the west, south and southeast faces the sea. No wonder stories about lake monsters…
One of the most effective ways to create magic is passion; to truly love something (or someone). That alone, to dive deep down into an…
Illustration: Fred AnderssonThe first time I became truly aware of the connection between UFOs and owls was when I saw Olatunde Osunsanmi’s The Fourth Kind…
Original illustration in UFO-Aspekt. 1977I’m a curious person. Sometimes too curious. This curiosity often shows itself as all me putting all my attention on nonsens.…
