Hermund Nygård (born 16 May 1979 in Råde, Norway) is a Norwegian jazz musician (drums) and composer residing in Oslo, known from collaborations with musicians like Hallgeir Pedersen, Staffan William-Olsson, Anders Aarum, Steinar Raknes, Erlend Slettevoll, Magne Thormodsæter, Karin Krog, Bob Dorough and Bobby Shew, and bands like The Real Thing and Sharp9.

[1] Nygård is a graduate of the Jazz program at Trondheim Musikkonservatorium (2005), where he started his own Billington Trio including fellow students Ove Alexander Billington (piano) and Andreas Amundsen (double bass).

[2] He is one of the most popular jazz drummers in Norway, who made his mark in many genres.

He has collaborated on several occasions in the twice Grammy nominated band Sharp 9 Hermund has also worked as an arranger and musical director, among others, with Yngvar Numme, and in the TV show Senkveld with the duo Thomas & Harald.

[1] With his own Hermund Nygård Quintet including with Knut Riisnæs (saxophone), Kevin Dean (trumpet), Anders Aarum (piano) and Audun Ellingsen (bass) gave a concert on 'Herr Nilsen' in 2013.