When Laurensa Asbjornsen was born in 1807, in Time, Rogaland, Norway, her father, Anbjorn Olsen Egeland Saeland, was 32 and her mother, Bodil Isaksdtr, was 31. She married Ola Svensen on 8 March 1835, in Tunheim, Rogaland, Norway. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. She died on 4 January 1887, in Tunheim, Rogaland, Norway, at the age of 80.