When Iver Jonsen Svorkaas was born in 1754, in Orkdal Prestegjeld, Sør-Trøndelag, Norway, his father, Jon Iversen Atvending, was 35 and his mother, Dordi Johansdatter Svorkaas, was 37. He married Karen Johansdatter Ringen in 1778, in Meldal Prestegjeld, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. He died on 23 November 1828, in Meldal Prestegjeld, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway, at the age of 74.