Petter Andreas Larsen (born December 6, 1890 in Oslo ; † September 13, 1946 there ) was a Norwegian sailor .
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Petter Larsen, for the Kongelig Norsk Seilforening sailed, was in 1912 in Stockholm at the Olympic Games in the 12-meter class Olympic champion . He was a crew member of Magda IX , which took first place in both races of the regatta and thus won the competition ahead of the only two competitors, the Swedish boat Erna Signe from skipper Nils Persson and the Finnish boat Heatherbell from skipper Ernst Krogius . The crew of the Magda IX also included his father Alfred Larsen, who was also the owner of the Magda IX , as well as Nils Bertelsen , Eilert Falch-Lund , Halfdan Hansen , Arnfinn Heje , Magnus Konow , Christian Staib and Carl Thaulow . Johan Anker was the skipper and designer of the yacht .
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