Emigrant Info
| Origin (Norway) | Sarpsborg |
| Emigrated | 1883 |
| Settled in | Bemidji |
| State | Minnesota |
| Location | Bemidji, Minnesota |
| Information | Deputy Sheriff in Crookston, Minnesota for 30 years, merchant and postmaster in Rosby MN., 1903-1906, postmaster in Bemidji from 1908. The Bemidji Post Office with Erickson as a postmaster was the first post office in Minnesota where the government establisher a Postal Savings Bank |
| Source | Ulvestad, page 602 |