The Rovde Saga states "Han tok lærar examen 1895, var lærar i Målselv Bjerkreim og i Høle ved Samdnes. Han var kaserar i Høle sparebank ei tid" which translates "He took [his] male teacher degree in 1895, and was a teacher in Målselv Bjerkreim and in Høle by Samdnes. He was kaserar [cashier?] in the Høle savings bank for a while."

Extract from the 1900 Norway Census:
Name: Severin Johannessen Aarskog
Gender: mann (male)
Birth date: 1874
Birth place: Røvde Sta [source for birth place]
Street address: Horve skole 0045
Residence year: 1900
Residence place: Høle, Rogaland, Norway
Census place: Høle, Rogaland, Norway
Relation to head: husfar (head)
Occupation: folkeskole larer (primary school teacher)
Enumeration district: 004
Residential status: bosat (resident)
House number: 1
Line number: 1
Household members:
Name - relation to head
Severin Johannessen Aarskog - husfar (head)
Anna Sørensdtr. Aarskog - hustru (wife)
Ragnvald Severinsen Aarskog - son
Date: 3 Dec 1900

Extract from the 1910 Norway Census:
Name: Severin Johannessen Aarskog
Gender: mann (male)
Birth date: 26 Jun 1874 [sic]
Birth place: Røvde i Søndmøre
Residence: Høle, Rogaland, Norway
Relation to head: husfar (head)
Marital status: gift (married)
Settled or nomadic: b
Counting district: Horve lærerbolig
Counting district number: 0030
Enumeration district: Horve
Enumeration district number: 006
Household members:
Name - relation to head
Severin Johannessen Aarskog - husfar (head)
Anna Aarskog - hustru (wife)
Ragnvald Aarskog - son
Solveig Aarskog - datter (daughter)

Extract from the Norway Burial Index, DIS-Norge, 1700-2010:
Name: Severin Antoni J Aarskog
Age: 74
Birth date: 26 Jul 1874
Death date: 6 Jun 1949
Burial date: 13 Jun 1949
Burial place: Sandnes, Rogaland, Norway

He married Anna Sefora Sørensdtr. Rovde in 1899 in Norway.