Sigurd Nergaard

Sigurd Syverson Nergaard[1][2] (March 28, 1873 – January 21, 1932) was a Norwegian folklorist, writer, school principal, and teacher.

Nergaard was born on March 28, 1873, in Glomstad in the municipality of Åmot in Hedmark County, Norway[3][4] to Syver Pedersen Nergaard (1829–1912) and Valborg Olsdatter Aaset (1835–1924).

[4] He graduated from the Hamar Seminary in 1893 and then served as a teacher at various elementary schools in Elverum.

[4] In 1922 he was hired as a teacher of Norwegian and history at the Elverum Normal School.

[4] Nergaard published six collections of oral folklore material from Østerdalen,[3] five of them as books in the Norwegian Folklore Society series of publications: Other publications by Nergaard include:

Sigurd Nergaard in 1930
Nergaard's books in the Folkeminne fraa Østerdalen series