 Her parents were Birger Braadland (1879-1960) and Ragna Abigael Vogt Stang (1881-1972).She studied art at the Académie Scandinave in Paris under Henry de Waroquier (1881-1970) and trained at the Académie de l'Art Moderne with Othon Friesz (1879-1949) during 1929.She attended the Norwegian National Academy of Fine Arts in Oslo where she studied under Halfdan Strøm in 1931.