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Ole
Hansen (1925-1988)
Ole
Hansen was known
as both the "King's
Tattooer" and the "Tattooer's
King," referring
to the work he
did on His Majesty
Frederick IX, King
of Denmark.
Ole went to sea at the tender age
of 14 and started tattooing 4 years
later. During World War II he fought
in Europe and North Africa, tattooing
all the while from a portable outfit.
In 1947 when he bought Tato Jack's
shop, Ole moved into one of the
oldest tattoo shops in the world
-- the already famous No.17 Nyhavn
in Copenhagen, Denmark. By the
early 1980s Ole said there had
been tattooing at that location
for 100 years!
Ole built his own tattoo machines,
as seen below, which had many unusual
features including, sealed coils,
short tube, finger-tip on and off
switch and plug-type electrical
connector. Ole spent 40 years at
the Nyhavn shop and became a well-respected
and beloved artist.
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