When Helga Emilie Aakerblad was born on 14 July 1891, in Vaterland, Fredrikstad, Østfold, Norway, her father, Johan Emil Akerblad, was 33 and her mother, Hanna Elise Hansdatter, was 22. She married Fredrik Heide Andersen on 16 January 1915, in Fredrikstad, Østfold, Norway. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Fredrikstad, Østfold, Norway in 1891. She died on 1 May 1954, at the age of 62.