When Hanna Svensson was born on 31 July 1748, in Skepparslöf, Kristianstad, Sweden, her father, Sven Hansson, was 45 and her mother, Hanna Jonsson, was 39. She married Anders Erlandson on 23 May 1766. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. She died on 16 February 1782, at the age of 33.