Hans Svaning (1503 – 20 September 1584) was a Danish historian.
Svaning was born at the village of Svaninge on Funen.
He attended Vor Frue skole in Copenhagen and the University of Wittenberg graduating in 1529 and in 1533 receiving his master's degree.
His main work was a complete Danish history in Latin, Danmarkshistorie, which was completed in manuscript in 1579 and stored in the University of Copenhagen Library but lost in the Copenhagen Fire of 1728.
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