Hans Aksel Andersen was a Danish-American organist and composer and organ professor and examinist.

Born in Ruskin, Nebraska

Ruskin, Nebraska

Ruskin is a village in Nuckolls County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 195 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Ruskin is located at ....

 he moved to Denmark and as a boy already played the organ, violin and piano. He was a pupil in Varde

Varde

Varde Municipality is a municipality in Region of Southern Denmark on the west coast of the Jutland peninsula in southwest Denmark. Its mayor is Gylling Håhr, a member of the Venstre political party. The main town and site of its municipal council is the town of Varde. Its area is 1255.79 km²...

 under Svend-Ove Møller. As a 12-year-old he replaced him as organist. He was later taught by Thorvald Aagaard

Thorvald Aagaard

Thorvald Aagaard was a Danish composer, organist and college teacher.He wrote the music to several continually popular songs, such as Spurven sidder stum bag Kvist and Jeg ser de bøgelyse Øer...

. He would later become an Exam organist at the Royal Danish Academy of Music in 1931.

Andersen was one of the forces behind the creation of the Løgumkloster

Løgumkloster

Løgumkloster , is a town in Tønder municipality in Region of Southern Denmark on the Jutland peninsula in south Denmark with a population of 3,618...

 Church Music since he in the late 1960s helped to develop the school grounds and later helped them on their way in other departments.

He died in Vedbæk

Vedbæk

Vedbæk is a small town in the municipality of Rudersdal , Denmark. It is located on the Øresund coast of Zealand, between Rungsted to the north and Skodsborg to the south. The town has a station on the busy Kystbanen railway line, approximately midway between Copenhagen and Helsingør...

on 18 November 1977.