Hans Sandberg was born in Stockholm 1953 and grew up in Blackeberg, a suburb half an hour west of the city. He is one of three sons to Harald (1912-1983) and Constance Sandberg (1920-1997). He founded the reportage bureau Sandberg Features, which has sold articles and photos to clients in over twenty countries.
He was Editor-in-Chief for Currents Magazine from January 2004 to January 2011. It was published by SACC-USA (the Swedish-American Chambers of Commerce in the USA) until 2011. He recently worked as Editor and Technical Writer at the R&D division of the Educational Testing Service in Princeton, NJ.