Glad Explained

Glad may refer to:

• Gladness, or happiness

Folklore and mythology

• Glaðr, a horse in Norse mythology

People

• Emil Glad (1929–2009), Croatian actor
• Ingrid Kristine Glad (born 1965), Norwegian statistician
• John Glad (1941–2015), an American academic, professor of Russian studies
• Justen Glad (born 1997), American soccer player
• Karl Glad (born 1937), Norwegian jurist and industrialist
• Thoralf Glad (1878–1969), Norwegian sailor who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics
• Glad (duke), ruler in the territory of Banat, who was defeated by the Magyars during the 10th century

Organizations

• Glad (company), an American brand of household plastic bags, wrap, and containers
• GLAD, GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders, a non-profit legal rights organization
• GLAAD, the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation

Music

• Glad (band), American Christian pop/rock and a cappella band founded in 1972
• G.L.A.D, a song by the English singer Kim Appleby
• "Glad", a song by English rock band Traffic from their 1970 album John Barleycorn Must Die
• Glad, a 1988 alternative rock album by Miracle Legion

See also

• The Gladstone Arms, London, England, known as "The Glad"
• "I'm Glad", a song by Jennifer Lopez
• I was glad, introit commonly used in the Anglican church