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Nygaard
Nygaard, Nygård or Nygard all have a Norwegian, Danish, or Swedish origin and mean "new homestead" or "new farm". It may refer to:
Nygaard (surname)
Nygaard, Nygård, or Nygard are surnames of Norwegian, Danish, or Swedish origin. The name means "new homestead" or "new farm". Notable people with the surname include:
- Agnes Nygaard Haug, Norwegian judge
- Anne-Pia Nygård, Norwegian writer
- Arne Nygaard (b. 1957), Norwegian organizational theorist
- Arne Nygård-Nilssen, Norwegian art historian, publicist, and magazine editor
- Camilla Martin Nygaard, Danish badminton player
- Damien Nygaard, Australian football player
- Eldon Nygaard, Democratic member of the South Dakota House of Representatives
- Eline Nygaard Riisnæs, Norwegian pianist and musicologist at the University of Oslo
- Gulborg Nygaard, Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party
- Gunhild Nygaard, Norwegian fashion designer
- Gunnar Nygaard (broadcaster) (1897–1997), Norwegian radio broadcaster
- Gunnar Nygaard (phycologist) (1903–2002), Danish phycologist
- Hjalmar Nygaard (boxer), Norwegian boxer who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics
- Hjalmar Carl Nygaard (1906–1963), United States Representative from North Dakota
- Jeff Nygaard, American beach volleyball player
- Jens Nygaard, American orchestra conductor
- Jens Nygård, Finnish footballer
- Jorun Askersrud Nygaard, Norwegian cross country skier and athlete during the 1950s
- Karl Emil Nygard, American communist politician
- Kristen Nygaard, Norwegian computer programming pioneer and politician
- Kristen Nygaard (footballer), Danish football (soccer) player
- Marc Nygaard, Danish football (soccer) player
- Marius Nygaard (academic) (1838–1912), Norwegian educator and linguist
- Marius Nygaard (judge), Norwegian judge
- Mathias Nygård, also known as "Warlord Nygård," vocalist of Finnish folk metal band Turisas
- Nils Nygaard, Norwegian law professor
- Olav Nygard, Norwegian poet
- Peter Nygård, Finnish-Canadian fashion executive
- Petri Nygård, Finnish rap artist
- Rainer Nygård, Finnish guitar player
- Richard Lowell Nygaard, United States federal judge
- Roger Nygard, American film director and producer
- Safiya Nygaard, American Editor and Jr. Producer at Buzzfeed
- Trygve Nygaard, Norwegian football (soccer) player
- Vanessa Nygaard, American basketball player and coach
- William Nygaard, retired head of the Norwegian publishing company Aschehoug
- William Martin Nygaard (1865–1952), Norwegian publisher and politician
- Åse Nygård Pedersen, a Norwegian handball player