# Nygaard (surname)

Nygaard, Nygård, or Nygard are surnames of Scandinavian origin. The name means 'new homestead', 'new farm' or 'new garden'.

## People with the surname

* Agnes Nygaard Haug (born 1933), Norwegian judge
* Alfons Nygaard (born 2002), Swedish footballer
* Andreas Nygaard (1878–1963), Norwegian politician
* Anne-Pia Nygård (born 1977), Norwegian writer
* Arne Nygaard (born 1957), Norwegian organizational theorist
* Arne Nygård-Nilssen (1899–1958), Norwegian art historian, publicist, and magazine editor
* Åse Nygård Pedersen (fl. 1978–1984), Norwegian handball player
* Bob Nygaard (fl. from 2008), American private investigator
* Camilla Martin Nygaard (born 1974), Danish badminton player
* Christoffer Nygaard (born 1986), Danish auto racing driver
* Damien Nygaard (born 1945), Australian football player
* Eldon Nygaard (born 1946), American politician
* Eline Nygaard Riisnæs (1913–2011), Norwegian pianist and musicologist
* Finn Nygaard (born 1955), graphic designer from Denmark
* Gulborg Nygaard (1902–1991), Norwegian politician
* Gunhild Nygaard (born 1965), Norwegian fashion designer
* Gunnar Nygaard (disambiguation)
* Herluf Nygaard (1916–2001), Norwegian military officer
* Hermund Nygård (born 1979), Norwegian jazz musician
* Hjalmar Nygaard (disambiguation)
* Rain (gamer) (Håvard Nygaard, born 1994), Norwegian Counter-Strike player
* Jeff Nygaard (born 1972), American beach volleyball player
* Jens Nygaard (1931–2001), American orchestra conductor
* Jens Nygård (born 1978), Finnish footballer
* Jens Nygård (sport shooter) (1934–2005), Norwegian sports shooter
* Joakim Nygård (born 1993), Swedish ice hockey forward
* Jon Nygaard (born 1946), Norwegian Ibsen scholar
* Jon-Ivar Nygård (born 1973), Norwegian politician
* Jorun Askersrud Nygaard (1929–2012, Norwegian cross country skier and athlete
* Karl Emil Nygard (1906–1984), American communist politician
* Kristen Nygaard (1926–2002), Norwegian computer programmer and politician
* Kristen Nygaard (footballer) (born 1949), Danish footballer
* Marc Nygaard (born 1976), Danish footballer
* Margaret Nygard (1925–1995), British-American environmentalist and conservationist
* Marius Nygaard (disambiguation)
* Mathias Nygård, or Warlord Nygård, vocalist of Finnish folk metal band Turisas
* Nils Nygaard (1932–2015), Norwegian law professor
* Oddvar Nygaard (1919–1985), Norwegian accordionist and composer
* Olaf Nygaard (1894–1978), Norwegian cyclist
* Olav Nygard (1884–1924), Norwegian poet
* Olivia Lykke Nygaard (born 2001), Norwegian handball player
* Peter Nygård (born 1941), Finnish-Canadian fashion executive
* Petri Nygård (born 1974), Finnish rap artist
* Ragnhild Nygaard (born 1944), Norwegian actress
* Rainer Nygård, Finnish guitar player of Diablo
* Rikke Nygard (born 2000), Norwegian footballer
* Roger Nygard (born 1962), American film director and producer
* Richard Lowell Nygaard (born 1940), American judge
* Safiya Nygaard (born 1992), American YouTuber
* Trygve Nygaard (born 1975), Norwegian footballer
* Vanessa Nygaard (born 1975), American basketball player and coach
* William Nygaard (born 1943), Norwegian publisher, head of Aschehoug
* William Martin Nygaard (1865–1952), Norwegian publisher and politician, head of Aschehoug

## Fictional characters

* Lester Nygaard, in TV series Fargo