Arild Nyquist (1937 – 2004) was a Norwegian novelist, lyricist, writer of children's books and musician. He made his literary debut in 1963 with the novel Ringer i et sommervann.

Nyquist was awarded Mads Wiel Nygaards Endowment in 1971. He was nominated for the Nordic Council's Literature Prize in 1994 for the self-biographic novel Ungdom. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.