Born in Sønderborg in the south of Jutland, Hansen attended the Technical School in Odense before studying painting under Aksel Jørgensen at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts from 1950 to 1954.
Hansen was born in Sønderborg in the south of Jutland. Hansen attended the Technical School in Odense before. Hansen was studying painting under Aksel Jørgensen at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts from 1950 to 1954.