Nils Nilsson Skaar

Nils Nilsson Skaar (March 28, 1852 – June 12, 1948) was a Norwegian teacher, farmer, editor, and parliamentary representative from the Fykse Sound in the municipality of Kvam in Hordaland county.

[1] Skaar was born at the Botnen farm at the head of the Fykse Sound in Vikør (now Kvam), the son of Nils Nilsson Skaar (1826–1909), also a mayor and parliamentary representative, and Blansa Nilsdotter Rykkje (1826–1908).

[2] His uncle Johannes Skaar (1828–1904) was a Norwegian bishop and hymnologist.

[1] In the Storting he served on the budget and constitution committees, among other positions.

Skaar was a county auditor from 1898 to 1910, and he attended the coronation of King Haakon VII and his wife Queen Maud in Trondheim in 1906.