Erik Bertrand Larssen
Erik Bertrand Larssen delivers powerful lectures on mental strength, balance, and performance built on two decades of coaching experience.
Why you should book Erik Bertrand Larssen for your next event
- Gain practical mental tools drawn from 20+ years of coaching top leaders, athletes, and professionals.
- Experience engaging stories mixed with clear methods for stronger focus, balance, and everyday performance.
- Book Erik to strengthen culture, energy, and decisiveness in teams facing demanding goals and change.
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Mental trainer, author, adventurer, & inspiring voice on performance & resilience
Erik Bertrand Larssen is one of Norway’s most prominent mental trainers, known for helping people reach a higher level of clarity, drive, and direction. With over 20 years of coaching experience and more than 10,000 conversations behind him, he blends inspiring storytelling with concrete tools that create real development. His lectures suit workplaces that want to strengthen balance, energy, and decisiveness while building lasting performance and resilience.
About Erik Bertrand Larssen
Erik Bertrand Larssen has become one of Norway’s most prominent mental trainers and speakers, shaping leaders, top athletes, and professionals across many industries. With more than 20 years of coaching experience and over 10,000 conversations, he has gained deep insight into performance, pressure, motivation, and human behavior. He transforms this knowledge into clear, engaging messages that inspire lasting development.
His background gives him a rare mix of credibility and practical understanding. As an economist with experience in telecom and finance, he knows business dynamics intimately. As a former officer and paratrooper with international assignments, he understands mental strength in high-pressure environments. This blend gives his lectures a grounded, energizing tone that resonates with teams seeking renewed focus and resilience.
Book Erik Bertrand Larssen for your event
Organizations invite Erik when they want a speaker who combines motivation with solid tools for real change. His lectures are ideal for workplaces navigating growth, transitions, or demanding performance periods. His direct and engaging delivery creates reflection, clarity, and a stronger mindset.
He shares methods for building focus, balance, and decisiveness, supported by stories from leaders, consultants, salespeople, and athletes such as Harald Østby Amundsen, Suzann “Tutta” Pettersen, and Martin Johnsrud Sundby. His international coaching work in Montreal, Hong Kong, and Naples adds a broader perspective on performance culture and personal development.
Key areas Erik addresses
- Mental strength and sustainable performance.
- Everyday tools for focus, balance, and decisiveness.
- Insights from coaching top athletes and global organizations.
- How reflection, self-discipline, and clarity strengthen long-term results.
Experience, books, and new insights
Erik is also an accomplished author. His four books have sold over half a million copies, and his upcoming release, Urkraft (“Primal Force”) launching in 2025, captures his evolving philosophy on mental resilience. In the book, he explores how nature can be used as a powerful source of energy and inner resources—an approach shaped by both his coaching work and personal experiences.
His podcast, Bertrands Univers, deepens these themes through inspiring conversations with well-known figures such as Chief of Defense Eirik Kristoffersen, Märtha Louise, Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, Lars Monsen, Tomas Myklebust, Michael Andreassen, Elisa Røtterud, Jon Øigarden, Erling Kagge, and Alex Rosén. These dialogues add new angles to leadership, mindset, and personal growth.
A journey that strengthens his message
Between 2021 and 2022, Erik challenged himself with an extraordinary expedition—spending 60 days alone on his way toward the South Pole. The journey reinforced his approach to mental strength, presence, and courage. It also deepened his reflections on vulnerability, discipline, and inner resources. These experiences are woven into his lectures in a way that inspires audiences to take ownership of their own growth.
Erik’s style is marked by energy, honesty, and depth. He is not afraid to show his own challenges and philosophical reflections, making his message relatable and powerful. His lectures inspire people to build stronger habits, make clearer decisions, and work toward sustainable results professionally and personally.
Keynotes
Keynote by Erik Bertrand Larssen:
Primal Force
Erik Bertrand Larssen is back on stage with an inspiring and powerful lecture based on his new and fifth book, Urkraft. With over 20 years of experience as a coach in business, elite sports, and high-performance environments, Erik shares his unique insight from more than 10,000 conversations. He helps people tap into their inner strength, take action, and become more proactive when facing life’s challenges, while also showing how to create balance and energy in everyday life.
In this lecture, you will get:
- Tools to build self-confidence, take risks, and achieve quality of life through action.
- Perspectives on sleep, nutrition, and physical activity as foundations for balance and energy.
- A boost of energy to break out of defensiveness and live with passion and courage.
- Strategies for making small but decisive choices that lead to major changes.
- A proactive approach to handling stress and worries in daily life.
Erik also shares inspiring perspectives on balance, energy, and focus as drivers of performance, and how you can free up resources for growth and development. This lecture offers a unique combination of practical tools, energy, and deep insight, giving you the opportunity to discover your inner primal force and create a life filled with strength, joy, and meaning.
A Map, an Altimeter and a Pair of Binoculars | Erik Bertrand Larssen | TEDxTrondheim
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