Morits Skaugen Jr. (born 17 December 1955) is a

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businessperson. In 1988 his father and uncle managed to buy the company

A/S Kosmos A/S Kosmos was a shipping and industrial company from Sandefjord. It was founded in 1928 by Anders Jahre, Svend Foyn Bruun, Sr. and Anton Barth von der Lippe as Hvalfangstselskapet Kosmos A/S. In 1949 Hvalfangstselskapet Kosmos A/S (A/S Kosmos) a ...

and merge it into their family company Eikland. Skaugen received control over the family company

I. M. Skaugen I.M. Skaugen () or IMS is a shipping company that operates within petrochemical gases and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and lightering of crude oil and liquefied natural gas (LNG). IMS is horizontal integrated and designs, builds, owns and op ...

in 1990, whereas his cousin

Brynjulf Skaugen Jr. Brynjulf is a given name. Notable people with the name include: *Brynjulf Bjarme (1828–1906), Norwegian playwright and theater director *Brynjulf Blix (born 1951), Norwegian pianist *Brynjulf Bull (1906–1993), Norwegian lawyer, Supreme Court ad ...

was given control over a new branch named

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. He is now the CEO of I. M. Skaugen. He is married to

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. Relatives include

Isak Martinius Skaugen Isak Martinius Skaugen (17 August 1875 – 26 December 1962), was a Norwegian businessperson. He was a sea captain by profession. In 1916 in Risør he founded the shipping company which still exists under the name I. M. Skaugen I.M. Skaugen () ...

Morits Skaugen Morits Skaugen Sr. (27 June 1920 – 17 January 2005) was a Norwegian yacht racer and businessperson. He was born in Risør, but as a sailor he represented the Royal Norwegian Yacht Club in Oslo. He competed as a sailor in the Summer Olympics ...

and

Brynjulf Skaugen, Sr. Brynjulf Skaugen Sr. (11 June 1918 – 14 August 2002) was a Norwegian business executive. He was born 11 June 1918, the son of Isak Martinius Skaugen, He took his examen artium, which qualified him for admission to university studies. He became a ...

Skaugen has supplied money for the

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