Gunnar D. Hansson

{{Short description|Swedish writer and translator}}

{{Infobox writer

| name = Gunnar D. Hansson

| birth_date = 1945

| birth_place = Smögen, Sweden

| occupation = associate professor of literature at University of Gothenburg, academic, author, poet, essayist, translator

| genres = Prose, translation, poetry

}}

Gunnar D. Hansson (born 1945 on the island Smögen in Sweden) is an author, poet, essayist, translator and associate professor of literature at University of Gothenburg.{{cite web |url=https://www.norden.org/en/nominee/gunnar-d-hansson |title=Gunnar D Hansson: Tapeshavet. Poetry, Albert Bonniers Förlag, 2017 |publisher=Communications Department of the Nordic Council |accessdate=2 November 2024}} He is an acclaimed translator of several works, including Old English poetry.