Education
He studied with Hans Christian Andersen, and also took classes from Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse in 1828.
He studied with Hans Christian Andersen, and also took classes from Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse in 1828.
He is buried at Assistens Cemetery in Copenhagen. Frantz Johannes Hansen showed poetic talents at an early age. While studying in college, Hansen published some poems in 1832 and his book, "Reading the Fine World." From this book he received the nickname "Fine Hansen." In 1834, Hansen received a law degree, which later earned him a modest living, first working in the Archives Office.
In 1848, he worked with the Ministry of Justice.
Hansen, who enjoyed the outdoors, felt trapped inside his workplace. However, in his leisure time he continued to pursue his literary ambitions: in 1839 he issued a volume of Romantic poems, which contained one of his most famous pieces, "The Corsair and his Bride." Under the pseudonym Torkel Trane, he published the novel Light Mind and frivolity.
Hansen attempted dramatic writing, some of which appeared at the Royal Danish Theatre, but did not have a successful debut. A comedy, "The Little Secret," was performed several times in 1894, and was probably his most successful dramatic work.
After Hansen"s death, a collection of Lyrical Poems (1852) was published with a preface that gives a brief biography of the writer
Notable works include 6 Galopper til Studenterforeningen (1836).