death_date death_place work_institution birth_place image_size field birth_date known_for prizes image article_title name
10 august 2002 oslo , norway norwegian computing center aarhus university university of oslo defense research establishment norwegian operational research society norwegian oslo , norway 120px computer science 27 august 1926 object-oriented programming simula turing medal -lrb- 2002 -rrb- royal norwegian order of st. olav award norbert wiener award for social and professional responsibility -lrb- 2001 -rrb- ieee john von neumann kristen-nygaard-sblp-1997-head . png kristen nygaard
 kristen nygaard
kristen nygaard

kristen nygaard -lrb- 27 august 1926 -- 10 august 2002 -rrb- was a norwegian computer scientist , programming language pioneer and politician .
he was born in oslo and died of a heart attack in 2002 .
