Åse Gruda Skard (née Koht) (2 December 1905 – 13 August 1985) was a Norwegian university professor, child psychologist and author.

After a year of study in the United States, she got a job as a scientific assistant in the Department of Psychology at the University of Oslo in 1933.

She was the mother five children including twin daughters, Målfrid Grude Flekkøy (1936–2013) and Torild Skard (born 1936), both of whom were trained psychologists who were associated with UNICEF.

Her son Halvdan Skard (born 1939) served as chairman of the Arts Council Norway.

[3] In 1980, she was appointed a Knight first class in the Order of St. Olav and received an honorary Doctorate Degree from the University of Bergen.