Matias Skard (28 May 1846 – 28 July 1927) was a Norwegian philologist, educator, psalmist, essayist and translator.
[1] Matias Olsen Skard was born on a family farm in Øyer Municipality in Gudbrandsdal, Norway.
He chaired the Vonheim Folk High School founded by Christopher Bruun in Østre Gausdal Municipality from 1884 to 1890.
In 1901, he was appointed school director in Kristiansand, a position he retained until he retired in 1921.
[2][3] During the 1880s, Skard was in a task group charged with translating the New Testament into the Norwegian language.