[2] Friðrik grew up in Vestmannaeyjar where he started practicing basketball at the age of 16 with a local team called Týr.

[7] In March 1994, he was injured on practice after a backboard of a basket fell on him after a dunk.

[8] After starting the 1994-95 season with KR, he joined 1. deild karla club KFÍ in October.

He started the following season with KFÍ, but left to join Úrvalsdeild club Þór Akureyri in November 1995.

[13] In the previous years he had collapsed twice while playing, in the 2005 playoffs and once with the Icelandic national team.