Sruoga was born on 2 April 1899 in the village of Baibokai, near modern-day Panevėžys, then the Kovno Governorate of the Russian Empire.

Due to the First World War, it was moved to Venyov, a town belonging to the Imperial Russian Tula Governorate.

After returning to German-occupied Lithuania, Sruoga was secretly made the elder of Vabalninkas, and later as manager of the education department of the Biržai district.

From 1929 to 1936, Sruoga was head of the department of loans and economic information of the Lithuanian Ministry of Finance.

[5] An active entrepreneur, Sruoga read lectures on economic questions on the Kaunas radiophone, wrote articles in various magazines such as Tautos ūkis, Vairas, Lietuvos Aidas, and others.