When Hanna Svensson was born on 16 November 1766, in Örtofta, Malmöhus, Sweden, her father, Sven Hansson, was 36 and her mother, Elan Lassesdotter, was 31. She married Knut Persson on 27 December 1789. She died on 20 October 1833, in Billeberga, Malmöhus, Sweden, at the age of 66.