List of Swedish supercentenarians

This is a list of Swedish supercentenarians (people from Sweden who have attained the age of at least 110 years). According to the Gerontology Research Group (GRG), as of 15 December 2014 there have been 15 supercentenarians from Sweden identified by the group.[1] The oldest person ever identified by GRG from Sweden was Astrid Zachrison, who died on her 113th birthday in 2008. As of 15 December 2014, the GRG acknowledges no living supercentenarians from Sweden.

Swedish supercentenarians

Rank Name Sex Birth date Death date Age County or Country of birth County of death
1 Astrid Zachrison[2][3][4][5] F 15 May 1895 15 May 2008 113 years, 0 days Kalmar County Jönköping County
2 Elsa Moberg[6][7] F 30 June 1889 20 November 2001 112 years, 143 days Västra Götaland County Stockholm County
3 Hulda Johansson[6] F 24 February 1882 9 June 1994 112 years, 105 days Västra Götaland County Västra Götaland County
4 Anders Engberg[6][8] M 1 July 1892 6 November 2003 111 years, 128 days Halland County Halland County
5 Johanne Svensson[6][9] F 24 January 1892 29 May 2003 111 years, 125 days Denmark Skåne County
6 Wilhelmine Sande[6] F 24 October 1874 21 January 1986 111 years, 89 days Norway Stockholm County
7 Ruth Engström[1] F 23 September 1902 2 December 2013 111 years, 70 days Kalmar County Stockholm County
8 Maria Eriksson[10] F 28 March 1900 10 January 2011 110 years, 288 days Uppsala County Uppsala County
9 Jenny Karlsson[6] F 17 October 1891 13 July 2002 110 years, 269 days Västmanland County Västmanland County
10 Teresia Lindahl[6] F 10 June 1888 2 March 1999 110 years, 265 days Kronoberg County Jönköping County
11 Ellen Johansson[6] F 23 January 1887 6 July 1997 110 years, 164 days Malmöhus County (Skåne County) Malmöhus County (Skåne County)
12 Elin Karlsson[11][12] F 21 April 1900 27 September 2010 110 years, 159 days Västra Götaland County Västra Götaland County
13 Hanna Eriksson[6] F 26 February 1891 26 June 2001 110 years, 120 days Kopparberg County (Dalarna County) Östergötland County
14 Hulda Karlsson[4] F 2 February 1898 22 April 2008 110 years, 80 days Halland County Västra Götaland County
15 Hilda Grahn[6] F 10 June 1888 24 June 1998 110 years, 14 days Malmöhus County (Skåne County) Malmöhus County (Skåne County)

Swedish emigrant supercentenarians

Rank Name Sex Reported birth date Reported death date Reported age County of birth Country of death
1 Esther Ecklund[1] F 28 October 1901 12 March 2014 112 years, 135 days Jönköping County United States
2 Anna Silverdahl[6] F 30 April 1891 24 May 2001 110 years, 24 days Jämtland County United States
3 Gerda Morton[13] F 11 January 1890 29 January 2000 110 years, 18 days Malmöhus County (Skåne County) United States

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Table E". Gerontology Research Group. December 15, 2014.
  2. ↑ Robert D. Young, Louis Epstein, and L. Stephen Coles (2009). "Supercentenarians Tables: Validated Worldwide Supercentenarians, Living and Recently Deceased" (PDF). REJUVENATION RESEARCH. Retrieved 2016-02-15.
  3. ↑ Axel Skytthe, Antti Hervonen, Celvin Ruisdael, Bernard Jeune (2010). Supercentenarians (PDF). Springer Science & Business Media. p. 215. ISBN 9783642115202. Retrieved 2016-02-15. The oldest Nordic woman is the Swedish supercentenarian Astrid Zachrison, who is still alive as of February 18, 2008, at the age of 112 years and 279 days.
  4. 1 2 GRG Deaths for 2008 (in Chronological Order) (as of May 12, 2011) Retrieved 16 May 2011
  5. ↑ "Sveriges äldsta avliden". Sydsvenskan. 2008-05-15. Retrieved 2014-02-02.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 GRG VERIFIED SUPERCENTENARIAN CASES -- LISTED CHRONOLOGICALLY BY DEATH DATE as of April 28, 2007 Retrieved 16 May 2011.
  7. ↑ "Elsa Moberg har avlidit". Sveriges Radio. 2001-12-12. Retrieved 2014-02-02.
  8. ↑ "Nordens äldste man död". Sveriges Radio. 2003-11-08. Retrieved 2014-02-02.
  9. ↑ "Sveriges äldsta död". Sveriges Radio. 2003-05-31. Retrieved 2014-02-02.
  10. ↑ GRG Deaths in 2011
  11. ↑ GRG Deaths for 2010 (in Chronological Order) (as of April 10, 2011) Retrieved 16 May 2011.
  12. ↑ "110-årig boråsare död". Borås Tidning. 2010-10-01. Retrieved 2014-02-02.
  13. ↑ GRG Table B
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