Recessed handle floor hatch...

[JVI]

How do you recess a handle on a floor hatch if you don't have a router? Are there other ways?

The hatch will only consist of the subfloor, which is pine flooring, https://www.traguiden.se/konstrukti...lerad-krypgrund/golvbjalkar/inspektionslucka/

 

[Mazen]

Drill with a dowel/forstner bit in the appropriate size and remove any corners with a chisel.

https://www.biltema.se/verktyg/borr/traborr/cylinderborr-2000016848

(I'm assuming you mean a handle like this one.)
https://www.byggmax.se/luckhandtag-...MIiYLC4-L37QIV0QJ7Ch0H_gVLEAQYAiABEgJaafD_BwE