Olaf Wilhelm Petersen (13 December 1841 – 31 July 1909) was a Norwegian military officer and sports official.
[1] Petersen was born in Christiania to Peter Munch Petersen and Elisabeth Faye, and married Karen Faye in 1871.
[1] Petersen graduated from the Norwegian Military Academy in 1861, and studied further at the Norwegian Military College and at Centralinstituttet in Stockholm.
He took actively part in the development of the sport of skiing, was a co-founder of Foreningen til Ski-Idrettens Fremme, served as judge at Husebyrennet and Holmenkollen Ski Festival, and chaired Skiforsøkskommisjonen from 1895 to 1900.
[1] From 1885 to 1887 he chaired the sports association Centralforeningen for utbredelse af idræt.