Odd Eriksen (11 March 1955 – 11 February 2023) was a Norwegian trade unionist and politician for the Labour Party.

In addition to his political career he gained national fame after stopping an Algerian hijacker from crashing a Kato Air-flight in 2004.

Eriksen himself broke his back in the fight, but managed to restrain the attacker while the badly injured pilots saved the plane from a nose dive, just 100 feet from hitting the ground.

[4] Eriksen was Minister of Trade and Industry in the Stoltenberg's Second Cabinet from 2005 to 2006, resigning from his post on 29 September 2006.

He chaired the Nordland County Municipality from 2006 to 2007, and was reelected for this position for the period 2007–2013.