Schlebrügge's father belonged to German nobility. Her Swedish mother Birgit Holmquist served as Axel Ebbe's model for Famntaget ("The Embrace"), a 1930s statue of a nude woman that overlooks the harbor of Smygehuk in Sweden. Her paternal half-sister was the grandmother of German-Swedish football player Max von Schlebrügge. She grew up in Sweden, and is also of Danish descent.
