When Hanna Svensson was born on 30 June 1812, in Malmöhus, Sweden, her father, Sven Pehrsson, was 29 and her mother, Ingar Mansson, was 32. She married Pehr Jonsson on 28 October 1831, in Nöbbelöf, Malmöhus, Sweden. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Hörröd, Kristianstad, Sweden for about 7 years. She died on 28 July 1890, in Nöbbelöf, Malmöhus, Sweden, at the age of 78.