Hans Mathiesen Lunding (25 February 1899 – 5 April 1984) was a Danish officer, eventing rider, resistance fighter and director of military intelligence in Denmark.

[2] From 1919 to 1920 Lunding worked as a gendarmerie officer at the International Commission for the Supervision of Referendums in North and Middle Schleswig (CIS).

Lunding joined the Danish Army in 1922, became a lieutenant in the 3rd Dragoon Regiment in Aarhus in 1927, and passed the Riding School from 1928 to 1929.

Lunding was transferred to Berlin, where the Gestapo chief Heinrich Müller told him that he was sentenced to death, with Himmler personally deciding on the time and manner of execution.

As the Allied front approached Flossenbürg, the inmates, including many prominent individuals, were transferred to the Dachau concentration camp.