Born: June 24, 1850, Älgåna, Värmland, Sweden (some sources say Glava, Sweden, about 20 miles farther north)
Died: October 31, 1939, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Buried: Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Skogsbergh emigrated to America in 1876, settling in Chicago, Illinois. He became the founding pastor of First Covenant Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota.