When Britta Maja Hagman was born on 7 November 1804, in Särestad, Skaraborg, Sweden, her father, Anders Hagman, was 34 and her mother, Elin Pettersdotter, was 26. She married Andrus Peters Loo “lod” Anderson on 5 October 1836, in Ås, Skaraborg, Sweden. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. She died on 1 February 1872, in Vänersborg, Älvsborg, Sweden, at the age of 67.