Morits Skaugen

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Morits Skaugen Sr. (27 June 1920 – 17 January 2005) was a Norwegian yacht racer and businessman. He was born in Risør and sailed for the Royal Norwegian Yacht Club in Oslo. He competed as a sailor in the Summer Olympics in 1948, 1952 and 1964.

He was the son of Isak Martinius Skaugen and joined his father’s company I. M. Skaugen in 1947. In 1952 he and his brothers Sigurd and Brynjulf became partners, and the brothers later ran the family company. For about twenty years they also co-owned Royal Caribbean Cruise Line. He retired in 1990. That year, Morits Skaugen Jr. took over I. M. Skaugen and a branch named B. Skaugen was taken over by Brynjulf Skaugen Jr.

During World War II he helped the Norwegian resistance (1940–1943), then worked from Stockholm at Sambandskontoret (1943–1945), and for Nortraship in London (1945–1947). He co-founded and chaired Institutt for Forsvarsopplysning. In 1983 he was made a Commander of the Order of the Lion of Finland. The RS Kaptein Skaugen, a Norwegian Society for Sea Rescue vessel named after his father Isak Skaugen, was donated to the Society by Morits and Brynjulf Skaugen. Morits Skaugen died in Oslo in 2005.