Bård Annar Poulsson (23 March 1911 – 23 November 1996) was a Norwegian businessperson in the insurance industry.
He was born in Bærum as a son of Einar Poulsson (1884–1968) and Aagot Sundt Hansen (1884–1971).[1] His father was a director in the insurance company Assuranceforeningen Skuld.[2] In 1938 he married Colonel's daughter Else Johanne Møller.[1] He was a brother-in-law of insurance director Erik Ø. Poulsson.[3]
He finished his secondary education in 1929, and graduated from the Royal Frederick University in 1935 with a cand.jur. degree. He studied marine insurance in London, Rouen and Hamburg from 1936 to 1937. He was hired as a secretary in Assuranceforeningen Skuld, working together with his father, and was promoted to assisting director in 1943 and chief executive officer in 1947.[1] He retired in 1980. His son Håvar Poulsson took over.[4]
He chaired the Norwegian Maritime Law Association from 1971, and at the same time became a board member of the Comité Maritime International. He was a board member of the International Tanker Owners Pollution Federation since 1968 as well as a supervisory council member of Det Norske Veritas since 1948.[1]
He received the Defence Medal 1940–1945 and was decorated as a Knight, First Class of the Order of St. Olav (1972)[1] and Commander of the Order of the Polar Star. Poulsson was also admitted into the exclusive skiing-based social club SK Ull in 1946. He served as its auditor from 1953 to 1970 and became vice chairman in 1973.[5] He resided at Langodden at Snarøya.[6] He died in November 1996 and was buried at Vestre gravlund.[7]
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