# Kristen Nygaard

> Kristen Nygaard was a Norwegian computer scientist, programming language pioneer, and politician. Internationally, Nygaard is acknowledged as the co-inventor of object-oriented programming and the programming language Simula with Ole-Johan Dahl in the 1960s. Nygaard and Dahl received the 2001 A. M. Turing Award for their contribution to computer science.

*Computer scientist, Mathematician (1926-2002)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/kristen-nygaard

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Academic ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Academics
- **Country:** Norway
- **Born:** 1926-08-27
- **Died:** 2002-08-10
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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## Fame
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- **Momentum:** 2.4 / 100  (trend: FALLING)
- **Historical depth:** 21.9 / 100
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- **Source confidence:** 70.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 80.0 / 100

## Platforms
- **IMDB**: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm10433695/ (@nm10433695)
- **WEBSITE**: http://heim.ifi.uio.no/~kristen/

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- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q92744)

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