Awards and distinctions
- 1968: The Alexander Graham Bell Silver Bell
- 1969: The Aarestrup Medal
- 1971: ID-Prize
- 1971: Die Gute Industriform
- 1972: Honorary Doctor - Yale University Connectticut
- 1972: Doctor of Humanities
- 1973: Huitiéme Salon International du Lumiaire
- 1975: Honorary Craftsman, Copenhagen Town Hall
- 1978: The Storm Petersen Prize
- 1978: The Läkerol Prize
- 1980: The international Aphia-Prize, Paris
- 1983: Nobel Lecturer: ‘Creative Thinking in Science and in human Relations,’ Stockholm
- 1985: Ingenio & Arti in gold – Medal awarded by HM Queen Margrethe
- 1989: The Chapter of the Royal Danish Order of Chivalry
- 1990: The Tietgen Medal
- 1991: Honorary Doctor - Odense University
Memberships
- 1935: Board member of ‘Den Aabne Dør’ Danish branch of Open Door International
- 1940: Chairman of the national association ‘Frisindet Kulturkamp’
- 1948: Chairman of the national association ‘Een Verden’, - Danish branch of World Movement for World Federal Government
- 1967: Honorary member of the Association of Science Students – ‘Parentesen’.
- 1967: Knight at Arms of the Norwegian Association of Artists
- 1967: Member of The Frensham Group - international group for interdisciplinary links between science and other forms of human activity
- 1968: Co-founder and board member of the Danish Association for the Promotion of Inventions (DAFFO)
- 1970: Member of British Society of Authors, England
- 1970: Honorary member of the Student Association, Copenhagen
- 1976: Honorary member of DAFFO
- 1985: Honorary member of The Royal Copenhagen Shooting Society and Danish Brotherhood
- Board member of Humanistic League
- Board member of The League for Tolerance
- Board member of International PEN-club
- Board member of Swedish National Association of Aphorists
- Board member of Adventurers’ Club of Denmark
Studies
- Student (Metropolitanskolen) 1924, Part I philosophy course
- Student at private art schools and The Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts
- Studies in philosophy and theoretical physics at the University of Copenhagen and the Technical University of Denmark
Marriages / children
- Gunver Holck (married 1937-04-10, divorced, (died 1995-08-11)
- Gerda Ruth (Nena) Conheim, married 1942, divorced - Children: Juan Alvaro Hein, born 1943-01-09 and Andrés Humberto Hein, born 1943-12-30
- Anne Cathrina (Trine) Krøyer Pedersen, married 1947, divorced - Children: Lars Hein, born 1950-05-20
- Gerd Ericsson, married 1955-04-19, died 1968-11-03 - Children: Jotun Hein, born 1956-07-19 and Hugo Piet Hein, born 1963-11-16
