Bjørn Kristoffer Erikstein (born 1952) is a Norwegian physician and civil servant, with prominent positions in the health sector.
He entered hospital administration as vice chief executive of the Southern Norway Regional Health Authority in 2003.
[6] When the Southern Norway Regional Health Authority was merged in 2007 with the Eastern Norway Regional Health Authority to form the Southern and Eastern Norway Regional Health Authority, he applied for the job as chief executive, but was narrowly edged out by Bente Mikkelsen.
[7] Erikstein was instead appointed as deputy under-secretary of state in the Ministry of Health and Care Services.
In 2011 Erikstein was appointed chief executive of Oslo University Hospital, following an interregnum after Siri Hatlen's resignation.