Background
He was born in Østre Gausdal as a son of educators Matias Skard (1846–1927) and his first wife Marie Bø (1849–1883).
He was born in Østre Gausdal as a son of educators Matias Skard (1846–1927) and his first wife Marie Bø (1849–1883).
He grew up in Gausdal and Levanger, and attended gardening school in Hylla, before enrolling at the Norwegian College of Agriculture, where he graduated in gardening in 1904. He was a teacher at various gardening schools from 1904 to 1918, and from 1919 to 1934 he was a secretary in Selskapet Havedyrkningens Venner (SVH) and editor of their magazine Norsk Hagetidend. He was appointed as a professor at the Norwegian College of Agriculture in 1934, and remained there until 1956 (he officially retired in 1951).
He died in May 1965 in Oslo.
From 1921 he was also a board member of SVH, and he later became an honorary member.