Andersen was called up for the Denmark national team and made his international debut in an April 1995 match against Macedonia, when he replaced AaB teammate Peter Rasmussen at half time. While at Rangers, he was selected for the Danish squad at the 1996 European Championship, and played three minutes as Denmark won 3–0 against Turkey. This was his last national team game. Erik Bo Andersen played a total six national team games but did not score any goals.