His parents are truck driver Gjermund Eriksson (1955–) and mother Rita Helene Musum (1956–) who worked as an office manager.

His criticism came in the wake of revelations that Romanian workers had been told to hide their real work hours from the Norwegian Labour Inspection Authority.

He emphasised that more parts should be able to participate and that a larger proportion of the services would be put out to tender so that more people could offer innovative solutions.

[2] In June, the leader of Oslo LO, Roy Pedersen, led protests against Eriksson after he had proposed changes in the Working Environment Act.

And what Pedersen says here is neither constructive nor correct", and went on to add: "What I do is I give power back to the nurse and other employees, so that they can to a greater extent choose what kind of framework they want around their job, so that they can agree with their employer what is the best solution for them.

"[3]In September 2015, he welcomed and presented the new director of the Norwegian Labour and Welfare Administration, Sigrun Vågeng at a press conference.

[6] In a book release, Eriksson, after he had to resign, made strong accusations against both the officials in the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, the Prime Minister's Office, the management of the Directorate of Labour and Welfare and the Progress Party management, and claimed that they were "in kahoots" against him, and took a stand against the decision to remove him from the cabinet.

[7] After his time as Minister of Labour, he started working on 1 August 2016 as a consultant in the PR agency MSLGROUP and announced that he would not be on the Progress Party's list for the next parliamentary election.

Rumours about their romance had circulated during his term as labour minister, but both he and Holmøy claimed they didn't pursue their relationship before they both left the ministry.