Håvard Vad Petersson (born 5 January 1984 in Oslo) is a Norwegian curler from Arendal who was the long time lead for Team Thomas Ulsrud.

In 2004, he competed as skip for the first time at the World Junior Curling Championship, finishing in sixth place.

His shooting accuracy proved to be consistently high in the 80–90 percentiles during the 2009–10 season, which significantly contributed to his team's top round-robin standings at the 2009 European Curling Championship and 2010 World Curling Championship.

[5][6][7][8] Petersson's ability to achieve athletic excellence despite being able to see out of only one eye is often a topic of discussion for sports commentators.

Before coaching, he was employed as a businessman,[10] and owned Smoothie Xchange/Funky Frozen Yogurt.