Olof was born on December 26th, 1807. Olof's father was Johan Telning and his mother was Catharina Börjesdotter. His paternal grandparents were Nils Telning and Sara Broström. He had a brother named Nils. He was the younger of the two children. He had a half-brother and three half-sisters, named Jonas, Catharina, Helena and Sara. He died at the age of 31 on October 29th, 1839.