Famous People with Name Nygaard

Vanessa Nygaard            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Vanessa Nygaard: is a former professional basketball player and a collegiate assistant coach. She is currently serving as an assistant coach with the Washington Mystics of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). After graduating from Stanford, Nygaard began he

Hjalmar Carl Nygaard            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Hjalmar Carl Nygaard: was a United States Representative from North Dakota, elected as a Republican to the 87th and 88th Congresses and served from January 3, 1961, until his death.He served as mayor of Sharon and as a member of the school board and then as member of the North

Marius Nygaard            Origin/Culture/Country: Norwegian

Marius Nygaard: was a Norwegian educator and linguist. Nygaard married Elise Martin (1842–1923) in August 1863 in Bergen. They had the son William Martin Nygaard, a notable politician and book publisher. Marius Nygaard was also a grandfather of Mads Wiel Nygaard and judge Marius Nygaard, and a great-grandfather of Agnes Nygaard Haug, Kristen Nygaard and William Nygaard. He conducted linguistic research. Publications include Eddasprogets Syntax, in two volumes in 1865 and 1867, about the syntax in Edda, as well as Betydningen og Brugen af Verbet in 1878. He was a member of Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters from 1877 and the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters from 1880. In 1887 he published the Latin-Norwegian dictionary Latinsk Ordbog together with Jan Johanssen and Emil Schreiner, a book which is still in use—it has been updated and reissued, last in 1998.

William Martin Nygaard            Origin/Culture/Country: Norwegian

William Martin Nygaard: was a Norwegian publisher and politician.William Nygaard was a member of the Kristiania city council from 1908 to 1919. In 1910 he was one of the founders of the political party Liberal Left Party, chairing the local chapter in Kristiania until 1916. He was elected to the Parliament of Norway for the term 1922–1924, representing the constituency Kristiania. He served only one term.He was also a member of the board of Oslo City Museum (1902–1922), the Norwegian Booksellers Association (1905–1918), Saugbrugsforeningen (1914–1932), Christiania Bank og Kreditkasse (1917–1922), Nationaltheatret (1922–1923), Vinmonopolet (1929–1932) and the Museum of Decorative Arts and Design.

Gulborg Nygaard            Origin/Culture/Country: Norwegian

Gulborg Nygaard: was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party. She served as a deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament from Vest-Agder during the term 1954–1957.