Na fanau Toksvig i Tenimaka. O lona tama, o Claus Toksvig, o se tusitala Tenimaka, faʻasalalau, ma tusitala mai fafo, o lea na faʻaalu ai e Toksvig le tele o lona talavou i fafo atu o Tenimaka, tele lava i le Aai o Niu Ioka. O lona tina, o Julie Anne Toksvig (née Brett), o Peretania. E i ai lona tuagane matua o Nick ma se tuafafine laitiiti o Jenifer. Na auai o ia i le Tormead School, o se aʻoga tutoʻatasi a teine e latalata i Guildford, ina ua faʻavae lona tama i Lonetona. O lana galuega muamua, i le 18 o ona tausaga, o se tulaga o le mulimuli i le nofoaga faʻatautaia mo le musika o Iesu Keriso Superstar.Na ia aʻoaʻoina tulafono, archaeology ma anthropology i le Girton College, Cambridge, ma faʻauʻu ma se tikeri muamua-vasega ma mauaina ni faʻailoga se lua mo le ausia o mea silisili (The Raemakers ma le Monte Theresa Fiore Awards).
Aʻoga a Tormead