Hans Christian Tikkanen (born 6 February 1985 in Karlstad) is a Swedish chess grandmaster.

[2] In 2010 he won the Lithuanian University of Agriculture Cup in Kaunas[3] and tied for 3rd–6th with Sarunas Sulskis, Tiger Hillarp Persson and Kaido Kulaots at Borup.

[4] In 2012, he came second in the Group C of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament in Wijk aan Zee,[5] and shared first place with Slavko Cicak and Emanuel Berg at the Västerås Open.

[6] He played for Sweden in the European Team Chess Championships of 2005 (in team 3), 2011 and 2013[7] In the January 2012 FIDE list, he had an Elo rating of 2549, making him Sweden's seventh highest ranked player.

Tikkanen played besides his chess career, active football in the Swedish Division 5 Sydvästra B club Hallands Nations FF.