When Brita Olena Andersdotter was born on 22 November 1845, in Lindberg, Halland, Sweden, her father, Anders Christiansson, was 25 and her mother, Anna Lena Olsdotter, was 35. She married Lars Johan Olsson on 8 April 1876, in Veddige, Halland, Sweden. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Ås, Halland, Sweden in 1870 and Stamnared, Halland, Sweden in 1880. She died on 29 June 1915, in Lindberg, Halland, Sweden, at the age of 69.