[1] Margareta Huitfeldt was born at the Skjelbred farm in the parish of Fiskum in the district of Eiker in Buskerud, Norway.

Sundsby is located on the island of Mjörn in the parish of Valla in Bohuslän.

She had inherited the property in 1625 following the death of her relative, Norwegian Chancellor Anders Lauritsson Green (ca.

Following the death of her son, she had made a notable donation providing payment for the schooling of students from Bohuslän.

Her will provided for the larger part of her estate to be donated to Göteborgs gymnasium in Gothenburg which Queen Kristina of Sweden had originally founded in 1647.