Sigmund Skard

Sigmund Skard (31 July 1903 – 26 May 1995) was a Norwegian poet, essayist and professor of American literature.

He was hired at the University Library of Oslo, and was connected to the Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters in Trondheim.

He established the European Association for American Studies in 1954 and was the Chairman of the University International Summerschool 1958-68.

A proponent of the Nynorsk language form, he was the secretary of the publishing house Det Norske Samlaget from 1930 to 1938, and chairman of the board from 1949 to 1972.

[6] He was a member of the Norwegian Association for Women's Rights, which was later headed by his daughter Torild Skard.