When Karin Brorsdotter was born on 6 February 1814, in Odensjö, Kronoberg, Sweden, her father, Bror Nilsson, was 23 and her mother, Johanna Jonsdotter, was 29. She married Sven Carlsson on 20 March 1834, in Odensjö, Skatelöf, Kronoberg, Sweden. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 7 daughters. She died on 30 August 1859, in Angelstad, Kronoberg, Sweden, at the age of 45.