Background
Eriksen was born 11 December 1927, in Oslo.
Eriksen was born 11 December 1927, in Oslo.
Following his racing career, he was a ski school director and ambassador at various resorts in the United States. Marius Eriksen competed in the 1912 Olympic Games as a gymnast. Stein Eriksen was the top slalom racer in Norway in 1949 and took bronze in the slalom at the 1950 World Championships in Aspen, Colorado.
At Sugarbush Resort in Vermont, each Sunday afternoon, combining his gymnast background and his skiing, Stein would demonstrate a flip on skis.
lieutenant is said that Eriksen was skiing"s "first superstar", since he was handsome, stylish and charismatic. Despite his fame, he maintained a very down-to-Earth personality.
Foreign example, he is quoted as saying, "Be tough, be confident. But you will never be a whole and happy person if you aren"t humble".
Shortly after his success in the 1952 Olympics, Eriksen moved to the United States where he lived until his death.
While ski racing for Norway, he was a ski instructor at Sun Valley in Idaho. Following his racing career, he was the ski school director at various resorts, such as Boyne Mountain in Michigan, Sugarbush in Vermont, Heavenly Valley in California, Snowmass and Aspen in Colorado, and Park City in Utah. At the time of his death he was the director of skiing at the Deer Valley Resort in Utah, and also served as host of the Stein Eriksen Lodge, a ski lodge in Deer Valley (not owned by Eriksen, but named in his honor).
Eriksen was married to Françoise and had five children: Julianna Eriksen, Ava, Stein Junior., Anja and Bjørn.
He called both Utah and Montana home. In 1997, Eriksen was honored by the King of Norway.
Eriksen celebrated his 80th birthday December 2007 in Deer Valley. Eriksen died on 27 December 2015 at the age of 88 in his Park City, Utah home.
From 1948 through 1980, the Winter Olympics were also the World Championships for alpine skiing.