Paul Hansen Photojournalism

 Paul Hansen is a photojournalist based in Stockholm, Sweden. As a staff photographer for the daily newspaper Dagens Nyheter his assignments and self-initiated projects take him all over the world – as well as just around the corner. In working with multimedia and by also writing his own reportages Paul assumes a big journalistic responsibility to great acclaim by his newspapers readership.

His visual storytelling has, among many domestic and international prizes and honors, also awarded him “Picture of the year” two times and  “Photographer of the Year” in Sweden nine times. He has been nominated for the Swedish “Pulitzer Prize” twice. He was also awarded “Photographer of the year Newspaper” in POYi 2010 and 2013. He won the “World Press Photo, 2012”, a second place in “Photographer of the year” in POYi 2015 and a second place in “General News” by World Press Photo 2016. In 2017 and 2018 he had two major exhibitions at the Fotografiska museum in Stockholm. In 2024 he was, among other prizes, awarded: Second place in "Photographer of the Year in NPPA". Award of Excellence in "Photographer of the Year" in POYi. Award of Excellence in POYi 2024 "Israel-Hamas impact story"[. Second place in "General News" in NPPA. Second place in "Feature" in NPPA 2024. First prize in "International news story of the year" in POYi.