 Birger Eriksen died as a celebrated war hero on 16 July 1958.The funeral service took place at Oslo New Crematorium and the urn with Eriksen's ashes was buried at Drøbak Church.Following a private initiative and the formation of a committee to honour him, Eriksen's ashes were exhumed on 4 October 1977 and moved to the Vår Frelsers gravlund cemetery in Oslo.