Welcome to Skallerud.org and Skallerud.net

This site is dedicated to all members of the Skallerud family, wherever they may be. If there is enough interest, I'd like to start a Ning.com social networking site for the Skallerud's as well.

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From Bjorn Skallerud
Skallerud is an old Norwegian name. It derives from Skallerød (I don't think FB shows the Norwegian ø correctly) - a farm located outside of Moss.
Skalle: a round hill (literally a skull)
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.

Some of the Skallerud's
I also have e-mail for Doug Skallerud and Nate Skallerud

History of the Skallerud Name I've Found So Far
The Skallerud farm is supposedly located between Trøgstad and Mysen. Working from this incredibly useful Norwegian Census link (http://digitalarkivet.uib.no/cgi-win/WebMeta.exe?spraak=e), I've been able to locate 2 Skallerud farms... one in Trøgstad (originally Thrygstad and then Trygstad) and the second in Skipvelt, both in the Østfold region southeast of Oslo.

Photos of the Skallerud Farm

I located the following photos at http://www.of.fylkesbibl.no/flyfoto/moss/side24.html.

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Skallerud 1968
ØFB.1992-00718 WID.NR. 188404 		 188405.jpg (31739 bytes)
Skallerud 1968
ØFB.1992-00719 WID.NR. 188405 		 188480.jpg (26847 bytes)
Skallerud 1968
ØFB.1992-00748 WID.NR. 188480 
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Skallerud 1968
ØFB.1992-00749 WID.NR. 188481 		 188482.jpg (31011 bytes)
Skallerud 1968
ØFB.1992-00750 WID.NR. 188482 

I don't know if this is the Trøgstad farm or the Skipvelt farm.

Info on the Region

Østfold means "the land on the eastern side of Fold". The county is situated between the Oslo fjord and the Swedish border, and is filled with farmland and low forested hills. Glomma, the longest river in Norway, runs through Østfold and reaches the sea there. Very old traces of stone age settlements have been found in this county.

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