Hans Peter Hansen (1872–1953) was a Danish journalist and politician.

[1] He was a journalist by profession and worked in the social democrat papers based in Funen, Midtsjælland and Zealand.

[2] From 1894 he became a congress member of the Social Democrats and between 1906 and 1915 he was part of its main board.

[1][2] On 24 October 1932 he was named as the minister of defense and served in the post for six months until April 1933.

[3] On 1 June 1933 he was appointed minister of finance and remained in office until his resignation in 1937.