Bygstad

Norwegian Bokmål no thumb|A view of Bygstad in Sunnfjord. Etymology nb ine-pro *steh₂- nb stéh₂tis nb non *Bjúgsstaðir Bjúgr's farmsteads, from the genitive singular non Bjúgs of the male personal name non Bjúgr + non staðir places, farmsteads, the plural of non staðr place, stead, literally “Bjúgr's farmsteads”. 1360, in the surviving manuscript of Bergens kalvskinn in the locative form of nb gmq-mno Biugstodhuni. The second element non staðr is from nb gem-pro *stadiz place, location, from nb ine-pro *stéh₂tis standing, position, from the root ine-pro *steh₂- to stand. The personal name non Bjúgr is formally identical to the Old Norse adjective non bjúgr bent, crooked. The latter belongs to a Germanic word family associated with Proto-Indo-European ine-pro *bʰewgʰ- to bend, curve, but a derivation of the personal name itself from the adjective is not securely established; this deeper connection is therefore uncertain. The same historical personal-name element is also found in nb Bjugstad farm name in Vardal. Pronunciation nb /²bʏɡː.sta/ [ˈbʏ̂ɡː.sta] traditional local pronunciation of the place name nb ʏɡːsta 2 nb Byg stad Proper noun nb proper noun nb village mun/Sunnfjord county/Vestland c/Norway, a village at the inner end of Dalsfjorden in Sunnfjord, western Norway. nb Bygstad ligger innerst i Dalsfjorden. Bygstad lies at the inner end of Dalsfjorden. nb 19 December 1997 Offisielt fra statsråd 19. desember 1997 regjeringen.no et våtmarksområde ved utløpet av Gaular, Bygstad i Gular kommune, Sogn og Fjordane fylke a wetland area at the mouth of the Gaular, Bygstad in Gular Municipality, Sogn og Fjordane county nb habitational from the farm and place name nb Bygstad in Sunnfjord nb 5 September 1997 Offisielt fra statsråd 5. september 1997 regjeringen.no Advokat Vigdis Bygstad utnevnes til sorenskriver ved Vesterålen sorenskriverembete Lawyer Vigdis Bygstad is appointed district court judge at the Vesterålen district court office. Usage notes The traditional local pronunciation of the place name is approximately /²bʏɡː.sta/, with a short first vowel, geminate /ɡː/, and reduced second element /sta/. Pronunciation of the surname may vary and should not automatically be assumed to be identical in every family. Statistics According to Statistics Norway, 57 people in Norway had nb Bygstad as their surname in 2025.https://www.ssb.no/befolkning/navn/statistikk/navn Navn Statistisk sentralbyrå 28 January 2026 no 15 September 2026 References https://stadnamn.kartverket.no/fakta/857913 Bygstad Sentralt stadnamnregister Norwegian Mapping Authority Kartverket no 15 September 2026 https://sprak.nrk.no/ordbok/bygstad/ Bygstad NRK-språket NRK no 15 September 2026 Albert Kjær, editor (1919), Norske Gaardnavne, volume XII: Nordre Bergenhus Amt, page 304. nb eponyms