The Norwegian dance collector Hulda Garborg (1862-1934) is reported to have learnt the dance in the USA and brought it to Norway, but its description in a Scandinavian language was published much later.
During the period at Kolbotn, the family often visited Kristiania, they stayed longer periods in Dießen am Ammersee, Fürstenfeldbruck and Berlin in Germany, and also lived one winter in Paris.
The advice and support of him and his wife Hulda Garborg were of great importance for Nygard, even later on in life.
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There are plans to build a new library as well as the national Garborgsenteret, a building in memory of the famous Norwegian writers Arne Garborg and Hulda Garborg.
It was also Ivar who helped Hulda and Arne Garborg locate & rent a small cabin on the small farm "Kolbotnen", near the lake Savalen in Alvdal in 1887.