He was a son of district stipendiary magistrate Ole Bøgh (1810–1872) and his wife Anna Dorothea Sagen (1809–1850).
[2] On the maternal side he was a grandson of Lyder Sagen, and on the paternal side he was a nephew of archivist Vilhelm Frimann Christie Bøgh.
[1] He worked at Christiania Theatre from 1871 to 1872, at Møllergatens Teater from 1872 to 1876.
Then, for the rest of his career he worked at Den Nationale Scene.
[1] Through his brother Johan, he was the uncle of tourism administrator Christen Gran Bøgh.