 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Nils Hansteen akaberekerwa muMo i Rana, mudunhu reNordland, Norway. Akatanga kuenda kukoreji yehunyanzvi muTrondheim kunodzidza mainjiniya. Akazoenda kuBergslien School of Art uko kwaakadzidza naKnud Bergslien naMorten Müller muna 1873 naPeder Cappelen Thurmann paRoyal Drawing uye Art School. Gare gare akadzidza naHans Gude muKarlsruhe 1876 kusvika 1877 uko Gude akamutungamira kupinda mupendi yegungwa uye akafurira zvakanyanya kukura kwake kwehunyanzvi. Gare gare akagara muMunich 1877-1880 uye Italy 1880-1881. Muna 1881, akadzokera kuNorway, uye aigara muChristiania zvino Oslo kusvika parufu rwake, kunze kwenguva ya1887 kusvika 1892 paakagara muCopenhagen. Akanga ari nhengo yeNorway yekomiti yekuratidzira paNordic Exhibition ya1888. 