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In 1946 he finished second behind Lennart Strand, both at the national and European Championships.
In 1946 he finished second behind Lennart Strand, both at the national and European Championships.
On 15 July 1947, at the national championships at Malmö, Eriksson and Strand had a very close 1500 m race. Eriksson beat Strand at the 1948 Swedish Championships and at the 1948 Summer Olympics. He retired the same year and returned to his work as a fireman.
Eriksson was one of the three Olympic Flame lighters of the 1956 Summer Olympics equestrian events at Stockholm.
He held a world record in the 4×1500 m relay, together with three other fireman from his athletics club in Gävle.
