 Tórgarð was born in Tórshavn, the son of Anna Paulina (née Poulsen) and Jens Wenningsted Jacobsen, both from Tórshavn.He married Valborg Eide from Nólsoy, and their son, Axel Tórgarð, is known as a priest and the translator of J. R. R. Tolkien's books into Faroese.The theater in Tórshavn, completed in 1926, was designed by Tórgarð.