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Karla Lindholm Jensen
Karla Lindholm Jensen
Karla Lindholm Jensen at the age of 109.
Birth: 7 May 1908
Herning, Midtjylland, Denmark
Death: 10 December 2020
Herning, Midtjylland, Denmark
Age: 112 years, 217 days
Country: DenmarkDEN
Unvalidated

Karla Lindholm Jensen (7 May 1908 – 10 December 2020) was a Danish supercentenarian whose age is currently unvalidated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG).

Biography

Karla Lindholm Jensen was born Karla Johanne Christine Lindholm in Herning, Midtjylland, Denmark on 7 May 1908 to parents Hans Joergensen Lindholm and Helfrida Nielsine Christensen.

She married Ejner Jensen in 1934. The couple had a stillborn daughter not long after their marriage, and later adopted their two children in the 1940s: Anne-Lykke (1944–2014) and Hans-Boy (born in 1948). Her daughter Anne-Lykke died from cancer in 2014.

When she was 109, she still was able to read the newspapers, do the dishes, and do crossword puzzles.

Longevity Records and Death

Karla Lindholm Jensen became the oldest known living person in Denmark, following the death of 111-year-old Ellen Brandenborg on 22 July 2017.

She became the oldest known living Danish-born person, following the death of 110-year-old Ulla Lund on 23 August 2017.

She became the oldest known living person in the Nordic Countries, following the death of 111-year-old Carl Mattsson of Sweden on 24 July 2019.

On 20 November 2019, she became the oldest known person ever to live in Denmark, at the age of 111 years, 197 days.

On 16 February 2020, Lindholm Jensen became the last known surviving person in the Nordic region born in the 1900s decade, following the death of 110-year-old Marie Andersen of Norway.

On 7 May 2020, she became the first Danish woman to turn 112 years old, and the first Danish-born person to do so since Christian Mortensen in 1994.

Karla Lindholm Jensen died in Herning, Midtjylland, Denmark on 10 December 2020, at the age of 112 years, 217 days. She was the last known surviving Danish person born in the 1900s decade, and is also one of only three Nordic people (all women) known to have been born in the 1900s decade and die in the 2020s decade (the others are Marie Andersen of Norway (29 September 1909 – 16 February 2020) and Saara Ahonen of Finland (24 November 1909 – 29 May 2020)).

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Denmark's Oldest Living Person Titleholders (VE)

Bodil AndersenAne Sophie BoedtkerEllen K PetersenChristian BankeMads P KehletMaren Hansen • Frederikke Nielsen • Agnes Bruun • Sophie Madsen • Hans J Petersen • Marie Hansen • Andreas M Hansen • Ane Marie Johansen • Rasmine Rogersen • Johannes W Hansen • Birthe Marie Kjaer • Andrea Pedersen • Ane Sofie Petersen • Sine Madsen • Marie Petersen • Olga Hansen • Marie E Rasmussen • Anna M Moeller • Louise A Bramsen • Johannes Hansen • Ragnhild Linnet • Martha Joergensen • Maren Jensen • Niels Nielsen • Anne Matthiesen • Olga Kofoed • Kristiane Hasager • Karen Jespersen • Nikoline Vang • Kirsten Hoejrup • Mette Andersen • Johanne Holm • Kirsten Kjaer • Johanne Grann • Ane Cathrine Madsen • Jenny Kristensen • Karen Edland • Torkil Dressoe • Adelheid Nielsen • Magda Hedetoft • Thyra Kongsoe • Elly Karin Hansen • Else Lundblad • Ella Hansen • Else Jensen • Dora Jensen • Agnes Hansen • Agnes From Steenstrup • Marie Jensen • Signe Hoejer • Ellen Brandenborg • Karla Lindholm Jensen • Ellen Smith • Else Rehling • Karen Rigmor Moritz

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