Østergaard is a Danish

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, literally meaning ''east farm''. The double a "aa" is equivalent of ''å'' in common nouns and is retained from the pre-1948

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in proper nouns only. Notable people with this surname include:

Østergaard

Flemming Østergaard Flemming Ammentorp Østergaard (born 31 October 1943 in ''Det Gule Palæ'' (Danish language, Danish: ''The Yellow Palace''), Ordrup) is a retired businessman, best known as long-time chairman of Parken Sport & Entertainment, who owns the football ...

(born 1943), Danish businessman *

Morten Østergaard Morten Østergaard (born 17 June 1976) is a Danish politician who served as Denmark's Minister for Economic and Interior Affairs from 2 September 2014 to 28 June 2015. Leader of the Danish Social Liberal Party from September 2014 to October 2020, ...

(born 1976), Danish politician * Niki Østergaard (born 1988), Danish road racing cyclist * Søren Østergaard (born 1957), Danish film, television and stage actor *

Ulrich Østergaard Ulrich Reinhold Østergaard (born 19 April 1981 in Odense, Denmark) is a Danish former motorcycle speedway rider. Career Østergaard initially came to the United Kingdom for a trial with the Trelawny Tigers in 2002 and impressed the management ...

(born 1981), Danish speedway rider

Ostergaard

Geoffrey Ostergaard Geoffrey Nielsen Ostergaard (25 July 1926 – 22 March 1990) was a British political scientist best known for his work on the connections between Gandhism and anarchism, on the British co-operative movement, and on syndicalism and workers' contr ...

(1926–1990), political scientist and

anarcho-pacifist Anarcho-pacifism, also referred to as anarchist pacifism and pacifist anarchism, is an anarchist school of thought that advocates for the use of peaceful, non-violent forms of resistance in the struggle for social change. Anarcho-pacifism reject ...

* Henrik Ostergaard (1968–2011), Danish-born guitarist/vocalist and founder of rock band Dirty Looks {{DEFAULTSORT:Ostergaard Danish-language surnames