Peter Lauritson was a Human Starfleet officer of the mid-24th century.
In 2365 he held the rank of captain and was the commanding officer of the Federation starship NCC-30532. (TNG: "The Measure Of A Man")
This character was never mentioned in dialog; his name came from a Starship Deploy Status chart seen on Starbase 173. Only the registry of his ship was legible on screen.
Two centuries earlier, in the 2150s, another Peter Lauritson served in Starfleet.
Lauritson was named for producer and director Peter Lauritson.