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- Marius Eriksen (8 December 1922 – 6 July 2009) was a Norwegian skier, fighter pilot, model and actor. Marius Eriksen was born on 8 September 1922 in Kristiania in Norway. His father, also called Marius Eriksen was a gymnast who competed for Norway at the 1912 Summer Olympics. His mother was Birgit Eriksen. During his early years Eriksen (junior) gained some success at slalom skiing and ski jumping. Eriksen's younger brother, Stein Eriksen, went on to win an Olympic gold medal in skiiing. Following the outbreak of World War II, Eriksen fled Norway, leaving on 5 November 1940 via Ålesund. After arriving in Scotland, he made his way to Canada, where, he underwent flying training at Little Norway, the Norwegian Army Air Service flight training school. On his return to the United Kingdom, Eriksen served with No. 331 (Norwegian) Squadron RAF and then No. 332 (Norwegian) Squadron RAF as a fighter pilot flying Spitfires. He achieved nine kills, making him one of Norway's aces, before he was shot down off the coast of the Netherlands attempting a head-on attack against a Focke-Wulf Fw 190. Eriksen survived and after being captured on 2 May 1943, he was held as a prisoner of war at Stalag Luft III in Poland until 1945. He began his service with the RAF as a sergeant, but was later commissioned as a second lieutenant. In recognition of his wartime service, Eriksen was awarded the War Cross with sword, St. Olav's Medal, Haakon VIIs 70th Anniversary Medal, the Norwegian War Medal, the Norwegian Defence Medal, the British Distinguished Flying Medal, and the American Silver Star. After the War, Eriksen became the Norwegian champion in alpine skiing in both 1947 and 1948. In 1953, his mother who was a keen knitter designed the "Marius Pattern" sweater. It became Norway’s most popular knitting pattern. After the War Eriksen pursued a film career in 1950s. He appeared in two films in 1954 debuing in Troll i ord (Troll in Words) before going on to Kasserer Jensen (a comedy in which he was a journalist with Norwegian daily Dagbladet). In 1957 he starred as Lieutenant Colonel Eriksen in Slalåm under himmelen (Slalom under heaven), a war film. Eriksen's autobiography Marius: skiløper - jageress - krigsfange was published in Norway in 2002. He had five children with Bente Ording Eriksen, including Beate Eriksen (born 1960), who became an actress and film director.
- Marius Eriksen var en tidligere norsk alpinist og jagerflyver. Han ble norgesmester i slalåm i 1947 og 1948. Han var bror av alpinisten Stein Eriksen og sønn av turneren Marius Eriksen sr.. Den såkalte Mariusgenseren, skapt av Eriksens mor Birgit, er oppkalt etter ham. Løytnant Eriksen var jagerflyver i 332 (N) Squadron under andre verdenskrig. Han fikk sin flyverutdannelse fra Little Norway i Canada, etter å ha flyktet fra Norge til Skottland, via Ålesund 5. november 1940, bare 17 år gammel. Han skjøt ned ni fiendtlige fly (pluss et antakelig nedskutt) og skadet tre. Han ble selv skutt ned i sin Spitfire 2. mai 1943 av Hauptmann Dietrich Wickop fra Jagdgeschwader 1, Woensdrecht utenfor kysten av Nederland, og satt som krigsfange ved Stalag Luft III nær byen Żagań i Polen til frigjøringen 1945. Wickop måtte selv nødlande med sin Focke-Wulf Fw 190 etter duellen med Eriksen. For sin krigsinnsats ble Eriksen tildelt Krigskorset med sverd, St. Olavsmedaljen med ekegren, Haakon VIIs 70-årsmedalje, Krigsmedaljen, Deltagermedaljen, Distinguished Flying Medal (GB) og Silver Star (USA). I 1954 debuterte Eriksen som filmskuespiller og hadde rollen som skiinstruktør i komedien Troll i Ord av Jon Lennart Mjøen og samme år som journalist i Kasserer Jensen av Nils R. Müller. I filmen Slalåm under himmelen spiller han jetjagerflyver på F-84 Thunderjet. Etter krigen drev Eriksen egen sportsforretning og åpnet klesbutikken «Bentestova» i Oslo. Marius Eriksen fikk fem barn med oberstløytnant Bjart Ordings datter Bente Ording Eriksen, og hadde 15 barnebarn og to oldebarn da han døde. I 2002 kom boken Marius: skiløper, jageress, krigsfange ut på Wings forlag, skrevet og redigert av Cato Guhnfeldt. I boken forteller Marius Eriksen om sitt spennende liv i krig og fred.
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- Marius Eriksen (8 December 1922 – 6 July 2009) was a Norwegian skier, fighter pilot, model and actor. Marius Eriksen was born on 8 September 1922 in Kristiania in Norway. His father, also called Marius Eriksen was a gymnast who competed for Norway at the 1912 Summer Olympics. His mother was Birgit Eriksen. During his early years Eriksen (junior) gained some success at slalom skiing and ski jumping. Eriksen's younger brother, Stein Eriksen, went on to win an Olympic gold medal in skiiing.
- Marius Eriksen var en tidligere norsk alpinist og jagerflyver. Han ble norgesmester i slalåm i 1947 og 1948. Han var bror av alpinisten Stein Eriksen og sønn av turneren Marius Eriksen sr.. Den såkalte Mariusgenseren, skapt av Eriksens mor Birgit, er oppkalt etter ham. Løytnant Eriksen var jagerflyver i 332 (N) Squadron under andre verdenskrig. Han fikk sin flyverutdannelse fra Little Norway i Canada, etter å ha flyktet fra Norge til Skottland, via Ålesund 5.
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