Kierkegaard (surname)

Kierkegaard [ˈkʰiɐ̯kəˌkɒˀ] is a Danish surname, literally meaning church farm or church yard and colloquially meaning graveyard. Note that the double a is equivalent of å in common nouns and is retained from the pre-1948 orthography in proper nouns only.

Notable people with the surname include:

Christer Kierkegaard (1918–1999), Swedish Navy rear admiral
Niels Christian Kierkegaard (1806-1882), Danish painter
Peter Kierkegaard (1805–1888), Danish theologian
Søren Kierkegaard (1813–1855), Danish philosopher
Sylvia Kierkegaard (1952–2015), Philippine law scholar

See also

Helene Kirkegaard (born 1971), Danish badminton player

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