Hans Aksel Andersen (19 March 1912 – 18 November 1977) was a Danish classical organist, composer and professor of music.
Aksel Andersen was born in Ruskin, Nebraska.
As a boy he was trained in organ, violin and piano.
In Denmark, he was a pupil in Varde under Svend-Ove Møller (1903–1949), organist at Viborg Cathedral.
Andersen would later become an exam organist at the Royal Danish Academy of Music in 1931.