When Hanna Svensson was born on 22 February 1822, in Näs, Malmöhus, Sweden, her father, Sven Svensson, was 23 and her mother, Karna Andersson, was 28. She married Ola Johansson Berggrén on 27 December 1850, in Lund, Malmöhus, Sweden. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Lund, Malmöhus, Sweden for about 7 years. She died on 16 January 1884, in Sweden, at the age of 61.