Kenneth Eriksson
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality |
 Swedish
|
| Born |
13 May 1956 Äppelbo |
| World Rally Championship record | |
| Active years | 1980 – 2002 |
| Co-driver |
Christina Thörner Staffan Parmander Peter Diekmann
|
| Teams | Subaru, Mitsubishi, Hyundai, Škoda |
| Rallies | 138 |
| Championships | 0 |
| Rally wins | 6 |
| Podiums | 21 |
| Stage wins | 214 |
| Total points | 489 |
| First rally | 1980 Swedish Rally |
| First win | 1987 Rallye Côte d'Ivoire |
| Last win | 1997 Rally New Zealand |
| Last rally | 2002 Rally Great Britain |
Kenneth Eriksson (born 13 May 1956 in Äppelbo, in the kommun of Vansbro) is a now retired World Rally Championship rally driver. He drove for several manufacturer teams, including the Subaru World Rally Team, Mitsubishi, Hyundai and Škoda. He was the 1986 Group A Champion in the competition's only year, his best performance, overshadowed by the fatalities that occurred in that season.
His finest showing in the top-tier World Rally Championship was third place overall for Mitsubishi in 1995. He controversially won the Swedish Rally that year under pressure on the road from second-placed young team-mate Tommi Mäkinen, as well as winning directly ahead of the Champion-elect, Subaru World Rally Team's Colin McRae in Australia. He then switched to Subaru for the 1996 season to drive the Impreza WRC alongside McRae. He excelled for them as a second points-scorer on the championship's loose-surface rounds. Conversely, Italian Piero Liatti often took on the same responsibility for asphalt rounds. By the end of the 1997 season Eriksson and regular co-driver Staffan Parmander had collected six individual World Rally victories. These included a famous win aboard the Impreza in New Zealand in 1997, on which occasion he took advantage of the altercation with a sheep that befell long-time leader, Ford's Carlos Sainz. Between 1995 and 1997, he also notched up a hat-trick of Asia-Pacific rally titles.
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