Knut Rasmussen (6 October 1925 — 31 July 2003) was a Norwegian barrister. In 1966, he established the law firm Bugge, Arentz-Hansen og Rasmussen (BA-HR) together with

Lars Arentz-Hansen Lars Arentz-Hansen (17 November 1927 – 23 March 2009) was a Norwegian barrister. He was born in Kristiansund and took the cand.jur. Candidate ( or ) is the name of various academic degrees, which are today mainly awarded in Scandinavia. The d ...

and

Frederik Moltke Bugge Frederik Moltke Bugge (23 September 1806 – 9 July 1853) was a Norwegian philologist and educator. Early and personal life Bugge was born in Trondhjem as a son of bishop Peter Olivarius Bugge (1764–1849) and Cathrine Magdalene Koch (1771–186 ...

. BA-HR became one of Norway's most prestigious law firms. He also chaired the supervisory council of

UNI Storebrand Storebrand is a financial services company in Norway. By volume, the company's main activities are related to life insurance and pension savings. However, the company also has major divisions working on investments, banking and, until 1999 and ...

. After

Jan Erik Langangen Jan Erik Langangen (born 11 May 1950) is a Norwegian businessperson and lawyer. He was born in Porsgrunn as a son of Sigurd Langangen (1918–1973) and Lilly Auen (1919–1990). He graduated with the siv.øk. degree from the Norwegian School of ...

's demise as chief executive officer in 1992, the supervisory council chose Rasmussen's partner in BA-HR

Anders Eckhoff Anders is a male name in Scandinavian languages and Fering North Frisian, an equivalent of the Greek Andreas ("manly") and the English Andrew. It originated from Andres via metathesis. In Sweden, Anders has been one of the most common names fo ...

to succeed

Thorleif Borge The Germanic first name Thorleif (which means ''son of Thor'') with variants Torleif (Swedish), Thorleiv/Torleiv (Norwegian) and Þorleif (Icelandic) may refer to: Torleif * (born 1965), co-creator and scriptwriter on Danish crime drama series ...

as UNI Storebrand's chair. Rasmussen subsequently stepped down as chair of the supervisory council in favor of

Harald Arnkværn Harald Arnkværn (born 5 February 1939) is a Norwegian barrister and businessperson. He was born in Oslo. He finished his secondary education in 1957 and took the cand.jur. degree in 1964. He was a deputy judge in Ringerike District Court from ...

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