The property, Hagelund, with 8 inhabitants was moved to the Halden municipality on January 1, 1968.
The rural municipality of Skjeberg was (together with Tune and Varteig) merged with the city of Sarpsborg January 1, 1992.
The church is located approximately 7 km southeast of Sarpsborg and is the center of the parish of Skjeberg.
Skjeberg church is built of stone in Romanesque style, but has a Gothic entrance hall.
[3] The municipality (originally the parish) was named after the old farm of Skjeberg (Old Norse: *Skjalfberg), since the first church was built there.