List of supercentenarians from the Nordic countries
This is a list of supercentenarians of the Nordic countries who have attained the age of at least 110 years. There have been 40 supercentenarians from the Nordic countries verified or pending by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG).[1] The oldest person ever from the Nordic countries was Astrid Zachrison, who died in 2008, aged 113 years 0 days. As of 30 April 2015, GRG has no verified living supercentenarian in the Nordic countries.
There have been 35 verified supercentenarians and 5 are currently pending.
For Sweden – 15 verified, 2 pending
For Norway – 11 verified, 1 pending
For Finland – 7 verified
For Denmark – 2 verified, 2 pending
For Iceland – none
The oldest person ever from each Nordic country are:
- Astrid Zachrison of Sweden (1895-2008) aged 113 years 0 days
- Maria Rothivius of Finland (1887-2000) aged 112 years 259 days
- Maren Bolette Torp of Norway (1876-1989) aged 112 years 61 days
- Anne Matthiesen of Denmark (1884-1996) aged 111 years 114 days
There have been 11 emigrant supercentenarians, who were born in the Nordic countries. 9 of them are verified and 2 are currently pending. The oldest of them are:
- Christian Mortensen (1882-1998) aged 115 years 252 days – oldest emigrant from Denmark
- Esther Ecklund (1901-2014) aged 112 years 135 days – oldest emigrant from Sweden
- Wilhelmine Sande (1874-1986) aged 111 years 89 days – oldest emigrant from Norway
Living supercentenarians in the Nordic countries
Below is a list of the oldest living people in the Nordic region. Those listed as 'verified' have been verified by an international body that specifically deals in longevity research, such as the Gerontology Research Group (GRG). Those listed as 'pending' have provided at least one document supporting the claimed age.
Verified Pending Unverified
| Rank | Name | Sex | Birth date | Age | Country (County) of birth | Country (County) of residence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elisabet Ekenæs[2] | F | 26 December 1904 | 110 years, 125 days | Norway (Østlandet) | Norway (Østlandet) | |
| Jenny Lindefjeld[3] | F | 17 April 1905 | 110 years, 13 days | Norway (Sørlandet) | Norway (Sørlandet) |
Living emigrant supercentenarians of the Nordic countries
| Rank | Name | Sex | Birth date | Age as of 30 April 2015 | Country (County) of birth | Country of residence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anna Nielsen[4][5] | F | 2 April 1904 | 111 years, 28 days | Denmark | Canada |
Supercentenarians of the Nordic countries
Deceased (Verified) Living (Verified) Pending
| Rank | Name | Sex | Birth date | Death date | Age | Country (County) of birth | Country (County) of death |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Astrid Zachrison[6][7] | F | 15 May 1895 | 15 May 2008 | 113 years, 0 days | Sweden (Kalmar) | Sweden (Jönköping) |
| 2 | Maria Rothovius[8] | F | 2 October 1887 | 17 June 2000 | 112 years, 259 days | Finland (Uusimaa) | Finland (Pirkanmaa) |
| 3 | Elsa Moberg[8][9] | F | 30 June 1889 | 20 November 2001 | 112 years, 143 days | Sweden (Västra Götaland) | Sweden (Stockholm) |
| 4 | Hulda Johansson[8] | F | 24 February 1882 | 9 June 1994 | 112 years, 105 days | Sweden (Västra Götaland) | Sweden (Västra Götaland) |
| 5 | Maren Bolette Torp[8] | F | 21 December 1876 | 20 February 1989 | 112 years, 61 days | Norway (Østlandet) | Norway (Østlandet) |
| 6 | Hilda Häkkinen[8] | F | 18 March 1894 | 31 December 2005 | 111 years, 288 days | Finland (Southern Ostrobothnia) | Finland (Southern Ostrobothnia) |
| 7 | Herman Smith-Johannsen[8] | M | 15 June 1875 | 5 January 1987 | 111 years, 204 days | Norway (Østlandet) | Norway (Østlandet) |
| 8 | Aarne Arvonen[10] | M | 4 August 1897 | 1 January 2009 | 111 years, 150 days | Finland (Uusimaa) | Finland (Uusimaa) |
| 9 | Anders Engberg[8][11] | M | 1 July 1892 | 6 November 2003 | 111 years, 128 days | Sweden (Halland) | Sweden (Halland) |
| 10 | Johanne Svensson[8][12] | F | 24 January 1892 | 29 May 2003 | 111 years, 125 days | Denmark (Midtjylland) | Sweden (Skåne) |
| 11 | Anne Matthiesen[8] | F | 26 November 1884 | 19 March 1996 | 111 years, 114 days | Denmark (Syddanmark) | Denmark (Syddanmark) |
| 12 | Laura Svehaug[8] | F | 19 November 1886 | 6 March 1998 | 111 years, 107 days | Norway (Vestlandet) | Norway (Vestlandet) |
| 13 | Karen Jespersen[8] | F | 5 May 1889 | 4 August 2000 | 111 years, 91 days | Denmark (Midtjylland) | Denmark (Midtjylland) |
| 14 | Wilhelmine Sande[8] | F | 24 October 1874 | 21 January 1986 | 111 years, 89 days | Norway (Østlandet) | Sweden (Stockholm) |
| 15 | Ruth Engström[1] | F | 23 September 1902 | 2 December 2013 | 111 years, 70 days | Sweden (Kalmar) | Sweden (Stockholm) |
| 16 | Fanny Nyström[8] | F | 30 September 1878 | 31 August 1989 | 110 years, 335 days | Finland (Finland Proper) | Finland (Finland Proper) |
| 17 | Gudrun Onshuus[13] | F | 17 July 1899 | 9 June 2010 | 110 years, 327 days | Norway (Østlandet) | Norway (Østlandet) |
| 18 | Maria Eriksson[14] | F | 28 March 1900 | 10 January 2011 | 110 years, 288 days | Sweden (Uppsala) | Sweden (Uppsala) |
| 19 | Jenny Karlsson[8] | F | 17 October 1891 | 13 July 2002 | 110 years, 269 days | Sweden (Västmanland) | Sweden (Västmanland) |
| 20 | Teresia Lindahl[8] | F | 10 June 1888 | 2 March 1999 | 110 years, 265 days | Sweden (Kronoberg) | Sweden (Jönköping) |
| Marie Jensen[15] | F | 5 June 1904 | 30 January 2015 | 110 years, 239 days | Denmark (Midtjylland) | Denmark (Midtjylland) | |
| 21 | Helene Nilsen[16] | F | 7 April 1901 | 31 October 2011 | 110 years, 207 days | Norway (Østlandet) | Norway (Østlandet) |
| 22 | Olav Hovatn[8] | M | 23 October 1892 | 26 April 2003 | 110 years, 185 days | Norway (Sørlandet) | Norway (Sørlandet) |
| Ingeborg Mestad[17] | F | 15 December 1899 | 5 June 2010 | 110 years, 172 days | Norway (Vestlandet) | Norway (Vestlandet) | |
| 23 | Ellen Johansson[8] | F | 23 January 1887 | 6 July 1997 | 110 years, 164 days | Sweden (Malmöhus, Skåne) | Sweden (Malmöhus, Skåne) |
| 24 | Elin Karlsson[13][18] | F | 21 April 1900 | 27 September 2010 | 110 years, 159 days | Sweden (Västra Götaland) | Sweden (Västra Götaland) |
| 25 | Hanna Eriksson[8] | F | 26 February 1891 | 26 June 2001 | 110 years, 120 days | Sweden (Dalarna) | Sweden (Östergötland) |
| 26 | Anna Hagman[8] | F | 27 December 1895 | 18 April 2006 | 110 years, 112 days | Finland (Åland Islands) | Finland (Åland Islands) |
| 27 | Andrei Kuznetsoff[8] | M | 17 October 1873 | 31 January 1984 | 110 years, 106 days | Russia[a] | Finland (Southern Savonia) |
| Agnes Steenstrup[15] | F | 24 November 1903 | 1 March 2014[19] | 110 years, 97 days | Denmark (Hovedstaden) | Denmark (Hovedstaden) | |
| 28 | Borghild Nilsen[8] | F | 2 December 1893 | 3 March 2004 | 110 years, 92 days | Norway (Østlandet) | Norway (Østlandet) |
| 29 | Hulda Karlsson[6] | F | 2 February 1898 | 22 April 2008 | 110 years, 80 days | Sweden (Halland) | Sweden (Västra Götaland) |
| 30 | Elsa Tilkanen[8] | F | 26 September 1896 | 5 December 2006 | 110 years, 70 days | Finland (Finland Proper) | Finland (Finland Proper) |
| 31 | Karen Svisdal[8] | F | 16 December 1889 | 23 February 2000 | 110 years, 69 days | Norway (Vestlandet) | Norway (Vestlandet) |
| 32 | Kristianna Ullaland[8] | F | 2 December 1878 | 26 January 1989 | 110 years, 55 days | Norway (Vestlandet) | Norway (Vestlandet) |
| 33 | Harriet Holm[8] | F | 13 November 1893 | 22 December 2003 | 110 years, 39 days | Norway (Østlandet) | Norway (Østlandet) |
| 34 | Asne Hustveit[8] | F | 2 December 1879 | 17 December 1989 | 110 years, 15 days | Norway (Østlandet) | Norway (Østlandet) |
| 35 | Hilda Grahn[8] | F | 10 June 1888 | 24 June 1998 | 110 years, 14 days | Sweden (Skåne) | Sweden (Skåne) |
| Karin Larsson[17] | F | 17 May 1904 | 24 May 2014 | 110 years, 7 days | Sweden (Örebro) | Sweden (Örebro) | |
| Lydia Åslund[17] | F | 14 November 1902 | 19 November 2012 | 110 years, 5 days | Sweden (Västmanland) | Sweden (Stockholm) |
Emigrant supercentenarians of the Nordic countries
Deceased (Verified) Living (Verified) Pending
| Rank | Name | Sex | Reported birth date | Reported death date | Reported age | Country (County) of birth | Country of death |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Christian Mortensen[8] | M | 16 August 1882 | 25 April 1998 | 115 years, 252 days | Denmark (Midtjylland) | United States |
| 2 | Esther Ecklund[1] | F | 28 October 1901 | 12 March 2014 | 112 years, 135 days | Sweden (Jönköping) | United States |
| 3 | Julia Lyng[20] | F | 22 December 1878 | 26 February 1990 | 111 years, 66 days | Norway (Trøndelag) | United States |
| 4 | Gunhild Foerster[8] | F | 28 December 1893 | 4 February 2005 | 111 years, 38 days | Norway (Østlandet) | United States |
| Conrad Johnson | M | 19 January 1904 | 23 December 2014 | 110 years, 338 days | Sweden (Västra Götaland) | United States | |
| Nels Berger[17] | M | 20 October 1885 | 22 September 1996 | 110 years, 338 days | Norway (Østlandet) | United States | |
| 5 | Bertha Wallin[8] | F | 13 January 1874 | 5 August 1984 | 110 years, 205 days | Denmark | United States |
| 6 | Velgjer Svien[16] | F | 10 October 1842 | 23 January 1953 | 110 years, 105 days | Norway (Østlandet) | United States |
| 7 | Ingemund Peterson[8] | M | 6 June 1894 | 21 August 2004 | 110 years, 76 days | Norway (Østlandet) | United States |
| 8 | Anna Silverdahl[8] | F | 30 April 1891 | 24 May 2001 | 110 years, 24 days | Sweden (Jämtland) | United States |
| 9 | Gerda Morton[20] | F | 11 January 1890 | 29 January 2000 | 110 years, 18 days | Sweden (Skåne) | United States |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Validated supercentenarians The Gerontology Research Group lists persons as living whose age has been validated and confirmed to be alive within the past year.
- ↑ http://www.vl.no/samfunn/norges-eldste-fyller-110-1.307461 Norges eldste fyller 110
- ↑ http://avisenagder.no/index.php?page=vis_nyhet&NyhetID=30821&sok=1 Jenny 110 år i dag
- ↑ "Langley woman celebrates 110 years". Langley Times.
- ↑ "Photo: Langley's Super Centenarian". Langley Times.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 GRG Deaths for 2008 (in Chronological Order) (as of May 12, 2011) Retrieved 16 May 2011
- ↑ "Sveriges äldsta avliden". Sydsvenskan. 2008-05-15. Retrieved 2014-02-02.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 8.6 8.7 8.8 8.9 8.10 8.11 8.12 8.13 8.14 8.15 8.16 8.17 8.18 8.19 8.20 8.21 8.22 8.23 8.24 8.25 8.26 8.27 8.28 8.29 8.30 8.31 GRG VERIFIED SUPERCENTENARIAN CASES -- LISTED CHRONOLOGICALLY BY DEATH DATE as of April 28, 2007 Retrieved 16 May 2011.
- ↑ "Elsa Moberg har avlidit". Sveriges Radio. 2001-12-12. Retrieved 2014-02-02.
- ↑ GRG Deaths for 2009 (in Chronological Order) (as of December 24, 2010). Retrieved 27 July 2011.
- ↑ "Nordens äldste man död". Sveriges Radio. 2003-11-08. Retrieved 2014-02-02.
- ↑ "Sveriges äldsta död". Sveriges Radio. 2003-05-31. Retrieved 2014-02-02.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 GRG Deaths for 2010 (in Chronological Order) (as of May 29, 2011). Retrieved 1 August 2011.
- ↑ GRG Deaths in 2011
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 "PENDING GRG CASES". Gerontology Research Group
- ↑ 16.0 16.1
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 17.3 TABLE EE PENDING GRG CASES. Retrieved February 2015.
- ↑ "110-årig boråsare död". Borås Tidning. 2010-10-01. Retrieved 2014-02-02.
- ↑ Date of death for Agnes Steenstrup
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 GRG Table B2