Welcome to Skallerud.org This site is dedicated to all members of the Skallerud family, wherever they may be. So in October 2023, I was on a trip to Norway. I rented a car and drove out to where the Skallerud farm was originally located. The research I did was based on the Skallerud family that resided in the Trygstad/Ostfold region, southeast of Oslo and close to the Swedish border. There are other Skallerud farms in Norway and Sweden, with one other being west of this region. |
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Skallerud is an old Norwegian name. It derives from Skallerød - a farm located outside of Moss. Skalle: a round hill (literally a skull), but also a bowl. rød/rud: a (manmade) clearance So basically someone cleared the top of a hill, and in good Norwegian tradition a descriptive name was given to it. The change from rød to rud came when the sons moved to Oslo/Christiania and urbanized the name. |
Our genealogy tree from this farm
Photos from the farm, October 2023
Zooming in, we can see an old abandoned house
Location of farm