When Sigvard Tholle was born on 26 July 1871, in Rise, Ærø, Svendborg, Denmark, his father, Henrik Thorvald Jacob Tholle, was 31 and his mother, Anna Christine Skouboe, was 28. He married Anna Cecilie Tholle in 0012. He lived in Copenhagen, Denmark for about 14 years and København, Denmark in 1962. He died on 29 October 1962, at the age of 91, and was buried in Bispebjerg, Sokkelund, Copenhagen, Denmark.