Egil Werner Erichsen

Egil Werner Erichsen (4 October 1901 – 3 March 2000) was a Norwegian corporate director and politician for the Conservative Party.

He was born in Holt Municipality outside Tvedestrand in Nedenes county as a son of district physician Stian Erichsen (1867–1953) and his wife Magdalene Susanne Werner (1870–1967). His older brother was the future newspaper editor Rolv Werner Erichsen (1899–1988). During the First World War, Erichsen was hit by the Spanish flu, but did not spend one day in bed. Between 1926 and 1937, he headed the financial redaction of the Morgenbladet newspaper. In addition to this, he was deputy chairman of Oslo Sporveier from 1956 to 1967. He also wrote several books on the history of fabric and watermill industry in Norway. In 1971, he was decorated with the St. Hallvard's Medal for his work at Holmenkolbanen.

After his retirement from politics, Erichsen continued to attend the Conservative Party's national conventions. In the 1990s, he wrote several op-eds in newspapers, in which he criticised the Norwegian media for their anti-EU sentiment and their treatment of the Conservative Party. He died on 3 March 2000, and was described in his obituary by Johan Wahl as a "man with a firm conservative attitude of the old school".

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