In 1937, she married the business executive Helge Peter Emil Bech Emborg (1910–1995).
[1][3] During the First World War, Svensson lived with her mother and siblings in Flensburg while her father was called up to join the German forces.
After the war, she began illustrating children's books, including Margit Wohlin's Kan Familien reddes (1946), Else Sigfred-Pedersen's Barnet under mit Hjerte (1947), and Pearl S. Buck's Børnene og Verden (1947).
She soon began to contribute illustrations to newspapers and magazines, including Dagens Nyheder, Berlingske Tidende and above all Politiken where she was employed from 1950 to 1971.
Her last work was the richly illustrated picture book Da Prosper Alpanus og Rosabelle Verde tryllede om kap (1987).