Elin Wallin grew up in Ekersgatan 13 in Örebro. She was the daughter of the elementary school teacher Viktor Lundberg and his wife Anna Lundberg, born Kalling, Örebro, and sister to the famous damask weaver Carl Widlund[1][2][3] and sister to Hilda Sofia (Hild) Zetterlind-Simonsen. She was the mother of the artist Bianca Wallin (1909–2006) and of the artist Sigurd Wallin (1916–1999).