What nationality is the surname Hillegaard from?

Question:I just cant find any info! I found a woman by the name (and her husband?) who died in 1999 and 1992 respectively but can find no more info on them.

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: I just cant find any info! I found a woman by the name (and her husband?) who died in 1999 and 1992 respectively but can find no more info on them.

Hillegard/Hillegaard is Norwegian, from Norway, and is a language of Germanic origin.
Here is a link with information about different surnames and their parish locations in Norway:
http://www.rootsweb.com/~wgnorway/par-g-...

Holland

Hillegaard looks to be Danish or Norwegian.

I think Norwegian, but definitely Scandinavian.

Have you tried for obituaries?
http://www.tedpack.org/obit.html
tells how.

The Mormons
http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/f...
have two, a Dane and a Norwegian, with "gaard". there are two English and an American with "gard".

http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.c...
has one "gaard" and 0 "gard".

It is a rare one, all right.

sounds dutch