When Hanna Svensson was born on 6 December 1751, in Anderslöf, Malmöhus, Sweden, her father, Sven Nilsson, was 38 and her mother, Kerstina Persdotter, was 28. She married Magnus Carlsson on 17 May 1776, in Anderslöf, Malmöhus, Sweden. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She died on 29 January 1825, in her hometown, at the age of 73.