When Nelly Elise Klarin was born on 5 September 1888, in Stoby, Kristianstad, Sweden, her father, David Clarin, was 35 and her mother, Elna Persdotter, was 31. She married Hjalmar Napoleon Arvid Palmqvist on 23 September 1911, in Gustaf Vasa, Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She died on 23 October 1948, in Matteus, Stockholm, Sweden, at the age of 60.