{{Short description|Norwegian military officer (1879–1949)}} {{Infobox person | name = Carl Johan Erichsen | image = Carl Johan Erichsen (1940).jpg | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1879|9|14|df=y}} | birth_place = Kristiania, Norway | death_date = {{Death date and age |1949|11|10|1879|9|14|df=y}} | death_place = | other_names = | parents = | children = | relatives = | occupation = military officer | years_active = | known_for = | notable_works = | awards = {{plainlist| *Knight of the Danish Order of the Dannebrog *Commander of the Order of the Crown of Italy *Knight of the French Legion of Honour *Knight, First Class of the Swedish Order of the Sword *Knight, First Class of the Order of the White Rose of Finland }} }}
'''Carl Johan Erichsen''' (14 September 1879 – 10 November 1949) was a Norwegian military officer.
==Personal life== Erichsen was born in Kristiania, a son of Hans Anton Erichsen and Karen Mathea Larsen. In 1919 he married Nina Wiese.<ref name=barth134>{{cite encyclopedia |editor-last=Barth |editor-first=Bjarne Keyser |editor-link=Bjarne Keyser Barth |encyclopedia=Norges militære embedsmenn 1929 |title=Erichsen, C. J. |url= |accessdate= |edition= |year=1930 |publisher=A. M. Hanche |volume= |location=Oslo |id= |isbn= |doi= |page=134 |quote= |language=Norwegian }}</ref><ref name=hvem/>
==Career== Erichsen graduated as officer from the Norwegian Military Academy in 1901, and from the Norwegian Military College in 1905.<ref name=barth134/> He was promoted major in 1925, lieutenant colonel in 1929, and colonel and head of the 8th Infantry Regiment in Stavanger in 1930. From 1934 he was head of 6th Division in Harstad, with the rank of major general, and from 1939 he was head of 1st Division in Halden and commander at Fredriksten.<ref name=hvem>{{cite encyclopedia|year=1948|title=Erichsen Carl Johan |encyclopedia=Hvem er hvem?|editor1-first=Harald |editor1-last=Gram |editor1-link=Harald Gram |editor2-last=Steenstrup |editor2-first= Bjørn|publisher=Aschehoug|location=Oslo|url=https://runeberg.org/hvemerhvem/1948/0137.html|page=137 |language=Norwegian|access-date=7 October 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Krigen i Norge 1940. Operasjonene i Østfold |first=Wilhelm |last=Faye |authorlink=Wilhelm Faye |year=1963 |publisher=Forsvarets Krigshistoriske Avdeling / Gyldendal |language=Norwegian}}</ref><ref name=NOU1979-47>{{cite book|title=Rapport fra den militære undersøkelseskommisjon av 1946 |url=https://www.nb.no/items/URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2007071601074 |pages=50–54 |language=Norwegian|accessdate=7 October 2018}}</ref>
He died on 10 November 1949.<ref>{{cite web |title=Generalmajor Carl Johan Erichsen |url=http://www.oslomilsamfund.no/Galleriet/Wordfiler-portr-biografi/Erichsen_Carl_Johan.doc |website=oslomilsamfund.no |url-status=dead |archivedate=2012-04-23 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120423221142/http://www.oslomilsamfund.no/Galleriet/Wordfiler-portr-biografi/Erichsen_Carl_Johan.doc |language=Norwegian |accessdate=7 October 2018 }}</ref>
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