Nils Kristian "Påsan" Eriksen (5 March 1911 – 5 May 1975) was a

Norwegian Norwegian, Norwayan, or Norsk may refer to: *Something of, from, or related to Norway, a country in northwestern Europe * Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway * Demographics of Norway *The Norwegian language, including ...

association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

player. At the 1936 Summer Olympics he was a member of the Norwegian team which won the bronze medal in the football tournament. He also took part in the

1938 FIFA World Cup The 1938 FIFA World Cup was the third edition of the World Cup, the quadrennial international football championship for senior men's national teams and was held in France from 4 June until 19 June 1938. Italy defended its title in the final, bea ...

. He was capped 47 times. On club level most of his career was spent at

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, but he rounded off his career at

Moss FK Moss Fotballklubb is a Norwegian football club, founded on 28 August 1906. They play in the 2. divisjon, the third highest division in the Norwegian football league system. They played in the Norwegian top flight between 1937-1939, 1953-1954, ...

. He coached

References

External links

Nils Eriksen at databaseOlympics.com
1911 births 1975 deaths Norwegian men's footballers Odds BK players Moss FK players Norway men's international footballers Footballers at the 1936 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers for Norway Olympic bronze medalists for Norway 1938 FIFA World Cup players Norwegian football managers Moss FK managers Olympic medalists in football Footballers from Skien Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics Men's association football midfielders {{Norway-footy-midfielder-stub