Erling Georg Stefan Hanson (May 1, 1888 – August 16, 1978) was a Norwegian stage and film actor.
Erling Hanson was born in Kristiania (now Oslo), Norway, the son of the physician Alfred Hanson (1844–1819) and Emmy Amalie Hanson (née Jørgensen, 1864–1944).
[3] Hanson made his stage debut at the National Theater in Bergen in 1908 in Alf Harbitz's play Rakels hjem.
[2][4][5] He then performed in Ludovica Levy's touring theater.
He headed the Rogaland Theater from 1924 to 1926.