Eriksen is a common Norwegian and Danish patronymic surname meaning "son of Erik", itself an Old Norse given name. The spelling forms Ericksen, Erichsen, Ericson, Erikzen, are cognates. People with the surname Eriksen and its cognates include:
Beate Eriksen (born 1960), Norwegian actress and film director
Birger Eriksen (1875–1958), Norwegian military officer
Brett Eriksen, American musician
Bruce Eriksen (1928–1997), Canadian artist and social activist
Dagrun Eriksen (born 1971), Norwegian politician
Christian Eriksen, (born 1992), Danish footballer
Edvard Eriksen (1876–1959), Danish-Icelandic sculptor
Eivind Kristoffer Eriksen (1893–1949), Norwegian politician
Eline Eriksen, Danish model for the Little Mermaid statue in Copenhagen, Denmark
Erik Eriksen (1902–1972), Prime Minister of Denmark
Harald Eriksen (gymnast) (1888–1968), Norwegian gymnast
Hege R. Eriksen Norwegian professor
Ingvald Eriksen (1884–1961), Danish gymnast
Ivar Eriksen (born 1942), Norwegian speed skater
Jens Eriksen (born 1969), Danish badminton player
John Eriksen (1957–2002), Danish footballer
Kaj-Erik Eriksen (born 1979), Canadian television actor
Lars-Erik Eriksen (born 1954), Norwegian cross country skier
Mads Eriksen (born 1977), Norwegian cartoonist
Marius Eriksen (1886 - ?), Norwegian gymnast
Marshall Eriksen (born 1978), Fictional character in How I Met Your Mother
Odd Eriksen (born 1955), Norwegian politician
Olle Johan Eriksen (1923–1999), Norwegian politician
Peter Eriksen, Swedish, 1998 Manhunt International winner
Preben Eriksen (born 1958), Danish speedway rider
Rita Eriksen (born 1966), Norwegian singer
Rune Eriksen (born 1974), Norwegian musician
Stein Eriksen (1927–2015), Norwegian-American alpine skier
Synnoeve Eriksen (born 1963), Norwegian novelist
Thomas Bruun Eriksen (born 1979), Danish road bicycle racer
Thomas Hylland Eriksen (born 1962), Norwegian professor
Torun Eriksen, Norwegian singer
Andy Ericksen (1894–1973), Australian rules footballer
Charles Ericksen 1875–1916), Norwegian-American wrestler
Doug Ericksen (born 1969), American politician
E. E. Ericksen (1882–1967), American philosopher
Joan N. Ericksen (born 1954), American judge
Justen Ericksen (born 1976), American lawyer and entrepreneur
Robert Ericksen, Holocaust historian
Bente Erichsen (born 1949), Norwegian culture director
Eivind Erichsen (1917–2005), Norwegian economist
Fie Udby Erichsen (born 1985), Danish rower
Freja Beha Erichsen (born 1987), Danish model
John Eric Erichsen (1818–1896), Danish-born British surgeon
Ludvig Mylius-Erichsen (1872–1907), Danish explorer of the Arctic
Tinius Nagell-Erichsen (1934–2007), Norwegian publisher
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