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| Office: | Director-General of the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation |
| Term Start: | 12 March 2013 |
| Term End: | 29 April 2022 |
| Successor: | Vibeke Fürst Haugen |
| Term Start2: | 2003 |
| Term End2: | 2006 |
| Predecessor2: | John Olav Egeland |
| Birth Date: | 2 October 1966 |
| Birth Place: | Oslo, Norway |
Thor Gjermund Eriksen (born 2 October 1966) is a Norwegian journalist and editor who was director-general of the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation from 2013 to 2022.
Born in Oslo, he was hired as a journalist in Dagbladet in 1995, and later became chief editor from 2003 to 2006. After leaving, he was hired in A-pressen where he was CEO from 2010 until January 2013.[1] He is also chairman of the board of Nettavisen[2] and was a board member in TV 2 until December 2012.[3] [4]
He has had a political career in the Socialist Left Party and the Labour Party. He was a member of the central board of their youth wing Socialist Youth, worked as a personal advisor for then-party leader Erik Solheim and worked as secretary for Raymond Johansen when the latter was Oslo city commissioner for transport and the environment. He terminated his membership in the Labour Party when he was appointed director-General of NRK.[5]
He was appointed Director-General of the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation on 11 December 2012[6] and started in the position on 12 March 2013.[7]
On 11 October 2021, Eriksen announced that he was intending to step down as director-general over the course of 2022. He stated that it was time for a change.[8] His successor, Vibeke Fürst Haugen, was nominated on 17 March 2022 and became the first woman to hold the position.[9]