Famous People with Name Nygaard

Hjalmar Nygaard            Origin/Culture/Country: Norwegian

Hjalmar Nygaard: was a Norwegian boxer who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics.In 1920 he was eliminated in the first round of the bantamweight class after losing his fight to Henri Ricard.

Marc Stephen Grifftith Nygaard            Origin/Culture/Country: Danish

Marc Stephen Grifftith Nygaard: is a Danish professional football player and the captain for Randers FC. Marc Nygaard started his professional career in SC Heerenveen in 1995. He stayed with Heerenveen until 1997. He was then signed by MVV Maastricht.

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.