When Envold Svendsen was born in 1628, in Eide, Grimstad, Aust-Agder, Norway, his father, Svend, was 32 and his mother, Mrs. Svend, was 28. He married Dorte Christensen in 1663, in Eide, Grimstad, Aust-Agder, Norway. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He died on 31 October 1701, at the age of 73, and was buried in Eide, Grimstad, Aust-Agder, Norway.