Hans Ystgaard (19 February 1882 – 25 November 1953) was a Norwegian politician of the Norwegian Labour Party. He served as the Norwegian Minister of Agriculture from 1935 to 1945, and is to date the longest serving minister in said post.^[1] In local politics, he served as mayor of Sparbu from January until his appointment as agriculture minister in March 1935, and again from 1946 to 1947.

Hans Ystgaard
Ystgaard to the right of Prime Minister Nygaardsvold (centre).
Minister of Agriculture
In office 20 March 1935 – 25 June 1945
Prime Minister	Johan Nygaardsvold
Preceded by	Håkon Five
Succeeded by	Einar Frogner
Mayor of Sparbu
In office 1 January 1946 – 31 December 1947
Preceded by	Erling Moen
Succeeded by	Harald Nordberg
In office 1 January 1935 – 20 March 1935
Preceded by	Fridtjof Rannem
Succeeded by	Ole K. Nordgård
Personal details
Born	(1882-02-19)19 February 1882 Sparbu, Steinkjer, Nord-Trøndelag, Sweden-Norway
Died	25 November 1953(1953-11-25) (aged 71) Sparbu, Steinkjer, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway
Political party	Labour
Children	Ole Martin Ystgaard