Lena Olava Olsen was born on 4 October 1827, in Akershus, Norway. She married Olaus Iversen on 3 March 1848, in Oslo, Norway. They were the parents of 4 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Aker, Akershus, Norway in 1875. She died on 6 June 1911, in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Logan, Utah.