Career
Her husband Ragnvald is usually identified with Ragnvald Ulfsson, the earl of Staraya Ladoga. Her other possible husband might have been Emund the Old. Astrid was born the child of the Norwegian nobleman Njal Finnsson (d 1011) and Gunhild Halvdansdotter of the Skjalga family in Hålogaland in Norway.
Because Rangvald Ulfsson has sometimes been regarded as the father of Stenkil, Astrid has sometimes been regarded as the mother of Stenkil.
Astrid is believed to have died in 1060.