Olympedia – Annar Petersen

Biographical information

Roles	Competed in Olympic Games
Sex	Male
Full name	Annar Engelbreth•Petersen
Used name	Annar•Petersen
Born	23 November 1931 in Oslo, Oslo (NOR)
Died	21 March 2020 (aged 88 years 3 months 28 days) in Oslo, Oslo (NOR)
Affiliations	SK Forward, Oslo (NOR)
NOC	Norway

Biography

Annar Petersen was a right winger for Gamlebyen IF who played at the 1952 Oslo Winter Olympics. He represented the club from 1949-61, forming a respected line with Per Moe and Willy Walbye. Petersen appeared at the World Championships in 1950, 1951, and 1958, and skated at the B World Championships in 1956.

Petersen earned a degree from Oslo University in 1960. He worked for 13 years with IBM, four of them as an assistant director, but then moved to A/L Kommunedata, where he was in charge of Kommunal Landpensjonkasse.