Skoger Parish, Vestfold, Norway Genealogy

Guide to Skoger, Norway ancestry, family history, and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, and military records.

Church Records
Skoger clerical district contains parish registers from the parishes Skoger, Strømsgodset and Konnerud. Skoger was separated from Sande clerical district in 1752 and Strømsgodset from Bragernes clerical district in Drammen, Buskerud county in 1843. Included Tangen parish until 1843 when it was annexed to Strømsø clerical district in Drammen, Buskerud county. For earlier records for Strømsgodset see Bragernes clerical district in Drammen, Buskerud county.

The Family History Library has microfilm copies of the.

Digital images are online at Digitalarkivet:

Skoger: 1746-1814, 1742-1884, 1920-1952

Skoger / Konnerud: 1885-1941, 1956-1969

Skoger / Skoger: 1814-1845, 1860-1880, 1885-1936, 1953-1969

Skoger / Strømgodset: 1885-1910

Strømgodset: 1860-1936

Bragernes: 1634-1662, 1680-1963

Census Records

 * 1664-1666: Sogneprestenes manntall 1664-1666. census see Sande clerical district. Available online at Digitalarkivet


 * Folketelling 1 Feb 1801, Norge. The 1801 census for Skoger clerical district include the parishes of Skoger and Strømgodset, and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library.  Also available in a searchable database at Digitalarkivet


 * 1815 folketelling for Skoger prestegjeld (Vestfold). The 1815 census for Skoger clerical district include the parishes of Skoger, Konnerud and Tangen; and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. Also available online at Digitalarkivet.


 * 1865: Folketælling 31 December 1865. The 1865 census for Skoger clerical district include the parishes of Skoger, Strømgodset and Konnerud, and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library.  This census is also available in a searchable database at Digitalarkivet ; as well as at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.


 * 1875: Folketælling for kongeriget Norge den 31te December 1875. The 1875 census for Skoger include the parishes of Skoger, Strømgodset and Konnerud, and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. Also available online at Digitalarkivet as well as at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.
 * 1891: Folketelling 1891. Available online at Digitalarkivet


 * 1900: Folketælling for Norge, 3 Dec 1900. The 1900 census for Skoger clerical district include the parishes of Skoger, Strømgodset and Konnerud, and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library.  This census for Strømgodset is also available online at Digitalarkivet; as well as at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.


 * 1910: Folketellingen for Norge den 1ste desember 1910. The 1910 census for Skoger is available online at Digitalarkivet; as well as at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.

Farm Names
72 Aaserud vestre 71 Andorsrud 42 Bakke 67 Borge vestre  30 Dansrud  33 Eik  24 Fjeld mellem 45 Fjøset 61 Flaaten nordre 69 Furuvold  29 Gjerpen 37 Godthaab 35 Gorbu 77 Gravdal Skov[] 36 Grundvik 39 Gulliksrud 41 Gunnersrud 31 Gunnerud  49 Haneval nordre 50 Haneval vestre 48 Haneval østre 59 Holmen nordre 52 Holt  75 Imjelt nordre 40 Ingulsaasen  64 Jordbrekke  34 Knive nedre 36 Knive øvre 36 Kolfuru  44 Lerpe 38 Lindum 57 Løise  56 Mælen  26 Nordby 25 Nøstet  55 Præstegaarden  70 Rønnehoved  65 Skallestad 43 Skalpe 62 Skjeldrum nedre 27 Solum nordre 28 Solum store 54 Sten nordre 76 Svarterud  32 Tolerud 58 Tollersrud 39 Trillingen 78 Trættestykket[]  46 Unnelsrud nordre  51 Vestby 68 Viulsrud

Probate Records
Nordre Jarlsberg judicial district *1679-1839 Family History Library

Jarlsberg deanery *1704-1808 Family History Library

Probate collections for Skoger on Digitalarkivet