Vigdis Ystad

Vigdis Ystad (13 January 1942 – 7 December 2019) was a Norwegian literary historian.

She was born in Verdal, and was married to fellow literary historian Daniel Haakonsen. Her thesis from 1974 was on the poetry ofKristofer Uppdal. She has later published several works on Henrik Ibsen. She was appointed professor at the University of Oslo from 1979. She died in December 2019.