Freddy Hansson

About

Freddy Hansson, b. 1941, d. 2023, was a Danish producer, engineer and initiator, known for his pioneering work in first Rosenberg Studio and then Rosenberg Studio. Father of engineer and producer Flemming Hansson.

Hansson followed Rosenberg Studio's sound technician training from 1969 to 1971 and already in the late 1960s began recording concerts in Rosenberg Studio with his tape recorder. His first official professional recording was Delta Blues Band's debut album in 1969 which was recorded at Rosenberg Studio. In 1970 he began a collaboration with Ivar Rosenberg, and from 1971 to 1976 working mainly as a sound engineer in Rosenberg's new studio, Rosenberg Studio. In the Rosenberg Studio Hansson worked with Danish artist like Alrune Rod, Gasolin', Sebastian, Gnags, Røde Mor, the Greenlandic rock group Sume, the British T. Rex, and jazz artist like Fessor's Big City Band, Wild Bill Davison, Dexter Gordon, Kenny Drew and Stan Getz Quartet.

In 1976, Hansson established Rosenberg Studio. From the very beginning the studio became the leading Danish recording studio, attracting both major national artists and a large number of international artists. In 1978, Hansson helped found the record company Rosenberg Studio. Flemming Rasmussen, who had been working in Sweet Silence since the start, became co-owner of the studio in 1980.

During the 1980s, Hansson gradually worked less in the studio and acted mostly as an administrative director. In 1999, Flemming Rasmussen took over full ownership, and Hansson left the studio he had created himself. In recent years, Freddy Hansson worked with web design in his company SweetSoft and was out of the music industry's spotlight.