Jens Hoyer Hansen

Background

Hansen, Jens Hoyer was born on July 14, 1940 in Gram, Schleswig, Denmark. Son of Villy Ingeman and Anna Dorthea (Hoyer) Hansen. arrived in New Zealand, 1952.

Education

Student, Auckland Tec, 1965-1967.

Career

Apprentice, A.J. Sweeny Company Ltd., Auckland, 1956-1961; deckhand, Shaw Savill Albion, 1961-1962; journeyman, A. Michelsen Aktieselskab, Copenhagen, 1962-1963; journeyman, Per Borup Workshop Studio, Copenhagen, 1963-1964; jeweller designer, Jens Hansen Studio, Auckland, 1965-1967; owner, Jens Hansen Workshop, Nelson, New Zealand, since 1968. Teacher Nelson (New Zealand) Polytechnic, 1974-1983, Southland Community College, Inercargil, New Zealand, 1981-1983, Whangarai (New Zealand) Polytechnic, 1987-1989, OtagaPolitechnic, Dunedin, New Zealand, 1989-1992.

Achievements

• Jens Hoyer Hansen has been listed as a noteworthy Jeweler, silversmith, designer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council, Wellington, New Zealand, Grants Committee, 1979-1981, Nelson Provincial Arts Council, 1979-1980, Nelson Polytechnic Craft Advisory Committee, since 1985.

Interests

• Avocations: Sunday painter, cooking, European history, collecting contemporary New Zealand art.

Connections

Married Gurli Winter, April 17, 1965 (divorced March 1982). Children: Halfdan, Thorkild.

Father:

Villy Ingeman Hansen

Mother:

Anna Dorthea (Hoyer) Hansen

Spouse:

Gurli Winter

child:

Thorkild Hansen

child:

Halfdan Hansen