Odd Eriksen
- January 6, 2024
- Politician
Quick Facts
Full Name | Odd Eriksen |
Occupation | Politician |
Date Of Birth | Mar 11, 1955(1955-03-11) |
Age | 69 |
Birthplace | Sandnessjøen |
Country | Norway |
Birth City | Sandnessjøen |
Horoscope | Pisces |
Odd Eriksen Biography
Name | Odd Eriksen |
Birthday | Mar 11 |
Birth Year | 1955 |
Place Of Birth | Sandnessjøen |
Home Town | Sandnessjøen |
Birth Country | Norway |
Birth Sign | Pisces |
Odd Eriksen is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on March 11, 1955 in Sandnessjøen, Sandnessjøen, Norway. Odd Eriksen (born 11 March 1955) is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. In addition to his political career he gained national fame after stopping an Algerian hijacker from crashing a Kato Air-flight in 2004.
Eriksen was Minister of Trade and Industry in the Stoltenberg’s Second Cabinet from 2005 to 2006. He resigned from his post on 29 September 2006, citing personal reasons and a wish to return to local politics.
Odd Eriksen Net Worth
Net Worth | $5 Million |
Source Of Income | Politician |
House | Living in own house. |
Odd Eriksen is one of the richest Politician from Norway. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Odd Eriksen 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
Eriksen was born in Sandnessjøen and grew up at Dønna. He started his working career in 1974 as an electrolysis operator at the Elkem aluminium works in Mosjøen. From 1986 to 1990 he was leader of the local trade union, among other things organising the strike during the lockout in 1986. Eriksen was a vice member of Parliament of Norway from 1989 to 1993, and again from 1993 to 2001. From 1993 to 1997 he was vice chairman of the Standing Committee on Defence. From 2003 to 2005 he was the counsellor of transport in Nordland County Municipality and chairman of the Labour Party’s county chapter.
Odd Eriksen became a national celebrity in 2004 after he and a fellow airline passenger stopped another passenger who had attacked the pilots of a Kato Air flight near Bodø with an axe. Eriksen himself broke his back in the fight, but managed to restrain the attacker while the badly injured pilots saved the plane from a nose dive, just 100 feet from hitting the ground. For his actions Eriksen, his fellow passenger and the pilots received the Polaris Award from the International Federation of Air Line Pilots’ Associations.
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Facts & Trivia
Odd Ranked on the list of most popular Politician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Norway. Odd Eriksen celebrates birthday on March 11 of every year.