Mads Eriksen, born 12 October 1962 in Bergen, Norway, is a guitarist and composer. He began playing guitar at 12 and formed the band Lorraine in 1976, later joining Sharks & Whales and releasing the 1988 album Reaped by Man. He launched his solo career with Journey (1990), followed by Storyteller (1991), Intermission Troldhaugen (1993), Mads Eriksen (1994), and Suburban Cowboy (1997). Eriksen was appointed musical ambassador of Norway in the U.S. in 1994 and has also performed with the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. He collaborated with Chris Thompson on Rediscovery (2004) and toured with the Norwegian Three in 2009.
