Nils Eriksen

{{Short description|Norwegian footballer (1911-1975)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Nils Eriksen | image = Nils Eriksen - Bronselaget 1936 (cropped).jpg | image_size = | caption = Eriksen with Norway in 1936 | fullname = Nils Kristian Eriksen | birth_date = {{Birth date|1911|3|5|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Skien (town)|Skien]], Norway | death_date = {{Death date and age|1975|5|5|1911|3|5|df=y}} | death_place = [[Moss, Norway|Moss]], Norway | height = | position = | currentclub = | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = | years1 = 1930–1939 | clubs1 = [[Odd Grenland BK|Odd]] | caps1 = | goals1 = | years2 = 1939–1949 | clubs2 = [[Moss FK]] | caps2 = | goals2 = | totalcaps = | totalgoals = | nationalyears1 = 1931–1939 | nationalteam1 = [[Norway national football team|Norway]] | nationalcaps1 = 47 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's [[Football at the Summer Olympics|Football]]}} {{MedalBronze| [[1936 Summer Olympics|1936 Berlin]] |[[Football at the 1936 Summer Olympics|Team]]}} }}

'''Nils Kristian "Påsan" Eriksen''' (5 March 1911 – 5 May 1975) was a [[Norway|Norwegian]] [[association football]] player.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/26807 |title=Nils Eriksen |work=Olympedia |access-date=22 September 2021}}</ref>

At the [[1936 Summer Olympics]] he was a member of the [[Norway national football team|Norwegian team]] which won the bronze medal in the football tournament.<ref name=snl>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Nils Eriksen |first=Jan |last=Holm |encyclopedia=[[Store norske leksikon]] |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Nils_Eriksen |language=no|access-date=21 February 2018}}</ref> He also took part in the [[1938 FIFA World Cup]]. He was capped 47 times.<ref>[http://www.home.no/greenriver/players/eriksen.html Players. Eriksen] home.no {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111113012638/http://www.home.no/greenriver/players/eriksen.html |date=13 November 2011 }}</ref>

At club level most of his career was spent at [[Odd Grenland BK|Odd]], but he rounded off his career at [[Moss FK]].<ref name =snl/> He coached [[Moss FK]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mossfk.no/kat/000039.asp |title=Moss Fotballklubb - Tidligere trenere |access-date=4 December 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100929144833/http://www.mossfk.no/kat/000039.asp |archive-date=29 September 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

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==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20070214063848/http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=ERIKSNIL01 Nils Eriksen at databaseOlympics.com]

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