Gard Nilssen (born 24 June 1983) is a Norwegian jazz drummer and composer. He is a member of the bands Gard Nilssen' Acoustic Unity, Gard Nilssen's Supersonic Orchestra, Bushman's Revenge, Amgala Temple, and Puma. He also plays in trio format with Bugge Wesseltoft and Arild Andersen.
Nilssen was born in Skien, and got his musical education on the Jazz program at Trondheim Musikkonservatorium (2003). He was voted this year's young jazz musicians in 2006 with the group Puma. Otherwise Nilssen is very active in bands like Bushman´s Revenge, Lord Kelvin, and Heidi Skjerve Kvintett.
Nilssen was chosen to represent Norway in the artist development program Take Five, a music developer program promoted by the London-based concert promoter Serious.
This year's young jazz musicians 2006, with the band Puma by Rikskonsertene and Norsk Jazzforum
Gard Nilssen's Acoustic Unity, including André Roligheten and Petter Eldh
2015: Firehouse (Clean Feed Records)
2017: Live in Europe (Clean Feed Records)
2019: To Whom Who Buys a Record (Grappa Musikkforlag AS)
2022: Elastic Wave (ECM Records)
2025: Live At The Barbican (Action Jazz)
2025: Great Intentions (Action Jazz)
Gard Nilssen's Supersonic Orchestra
2020: If You Listen Carefully The Music Is Yours (Odin)
Within Puma trio including Øystein Moen and Stian Westerhus
2007: Isolationism (Bolage Records)
2008: Discotheque Bitpunching (Bolage Records)
2009: Fist Full of Knuckles (Knuckleman Records), with Lasse Marhaug
2010: Half Nelson Courtship (Rune Grammofon)