Background
He was born in Bærum as a son of Einar Poulsson (1884–1968) and Aagot Sundt Hansen (1884–1971). His father was a director in the insurance company Assuranceforeningen Skuld.
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He was born in Bærum as a son of Einar Poulsson (1884–1968) and Aagot Sundt Hansen (1884–1971). His father was a director in the insurance company Assuranceforeningen Skuld.
He finished his secondary education in 1929, and graduated from the Royal Frederick University in 1935 with a candidate.jur. He studied marine insurance in London, Rouen and Hamburg from 1936 to 1937.
He was a brother-in-law of insurance director Erik Ø. Poulsson. degree. 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. He retired in 1980. Poulsson was also admitted into the exclusive skiing-based social club Saskatchewan Ull in 1946.
He served as its auditor from 1953 to 1970 and became vice chairman in 1973.
He resided at Langodden at Snarøya. He died in November 1996 and was buried at Vestre gravlund.
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.