Ivar Hansen (1 November 1938 – 11 March 2003) was a Danish politician from the Liberal party Venstre.
In 1978–79, he was Minister of Public Works in the Anker Jørgensen cabinet.
In 1998, he became speaker of the Folketing defeating his Social Democrat rival, Birte Weiss, after a drawing of lots.
[citation needed] He served until his sudden death in the Copenhagen apartment of his mistress Mariann Fischer Boel, who was at the time Minister for Foods and Agriculture.
She publicly announced the death after she had talked to his wife.