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A list of supercentenarians born in Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark, and Iceland.

List of Nordic supercentenarians

      Deceased (validated)       Living       Pending       Unvalidated

Rank Name Sex Birth Death Age Country
1 Astrid Zachrison F 15 May 1895 15 May 2008 113 years, 0 days SwedenSWE
2 Maria Rothovius F 2 Oct 1887 17 Jun 2000 112 years, 259 days FinlandFIN
3 Elsa Moberg F 30 Jun 1889 20 Nov 2001 112 years, 143 days SwedenSWE
4 Hulda Johansson F 24 Feb 1882 9 Jun 1994 112 years, 105 days SwedenSWE
5 Maren Bolette Torp F 21 Dec 1876 20 Feb 1989 112 years, 61 days NorwayNOR
6 Elisabet Ekenaes F 26 Dec 1904 4 Jan 2017 112 years, 9 days NorwayNOR
7 Hilda Hakkinen F 18 Mar 1894 31 Dec 2005 111 years, 288 days FinlandFIN
Selma Tuominen F 19 Jul 1903 12 Apr 2015 111 years, 267 days FinlandFIN
8 Herman Smith-Johannsen M 15 Jun 1875 5 Jan 1987 111 years, 204 days NorwayNOR
Ellen Brandenborg F 7 Jan 1906 22 July 2017 111 years, 196 days DenmarkDEN
9 Aarne Arvonen M 4 Aug 1897 1 Jan 2009 111 years, 150 days FinlandFIN
10 Anders Engberg M 1 Jul 1892 6 Nov 2003 111 years, 128 days SwedenSWE
11 Johanne Svensson F 24 Jan 1892 29 May 2003 111 years, 125 days DenmarkDENSwedenSWE
12 Anne Matthiesen F 26 Nov 1884 19 Mar 1996 111 years, 114 days DenmarkDEN
13 Laura Svehaug F 19 Nov 1886 6 Mar 1998 111 years, 107 days NorwayNOR
14 Karen Jespersen F 5 May 1889 4 Aug 2000 111 years, 91 days DenmarkDEN
15 Wilhelmine Sande F 24 Oct 1874 21 Jan 1986 111 years, 89 days NorwayNORSwedenSWE
16 Ruth Engstrom F 23 Sep 1902 2 Dec 2013 111 years, 70 days SwedenSWE
17 Fanny Nystrom F 30 Sep 1878 31 Aug 1989 110 years, 335 days FinlandFIN
Nanny Halvardsson F 2 Jul 1906 26 May 2017 110 years, 328 days SwedenSWE
18 Gudrun Onshuus F 17 Jul 1899 9 Jun 2010 110 years, 327 days NorwayNOR
19 Maria Eriksson F 28 Mar 1900 10 Jan 2011 110 years, 288 days SwedenSWE
20 Jenny Karlsson F 17 Oct 1891 13 Jul 2002 110 years, 269 days SwedenSWE
21 Teresia Lindahl F 10 Jun 1888 2 Mar 1999 110 years, 265 days SwedenSWE
Alice Ostlund F 8 Dec 1906 Living 117 years, 132 days SwedenSWE
Marie Jensen F 5 Jun 1904 30 Jan 2015 110 years, 239 days DenmarkDEN
22 Helene Nilsen F 7 Apr 1901 31 Oct 2011 110 years, 207 days NorwayNOR
23 Olav Hovatn M 23 Oct 1892 26 Apr 2003 110 years, 185 days NorwayNOR
Ingeborg Mestad F 15 Dec 1899 5 Jun 2010 110 years, 172 days NorwayNOR
24 Ellen Johansson F 23 Jan 1887 6 Jul 1997 110 years, 164 days SwedenSWE
25 Elin Karlsson F 21 Apr 1900 27 Sep 2010 110 years, 159 days SwedenSWE
Marta Mattsson F 20 Sep 1906 18 Feb 2017 110 years, 151 days SwedenSWE
Signe Hoejer F 1 Nov 1905 18 Mar 2016 110 years, 138 days DenmarkDEN
26 Hanna Eriksson F 26 Feb 1891 26 Jun 2001 110 years, 120 days SwedenSWE
27 Anna Hagman F 27 Dec 1895 18 Apr 2006 110 years, 112 days Aland Islands (Finland)ALA,FinlandFIN
Agnes Steenstrup F 24 Nov 1903 1 Mar 2014 110 years, 97 days DenmarkDEN
28 Borghild Nilsen F 2 Dec 1893 3 Mar 2004 110 years, 92 days NorwayNOR
29 Hulda Karlsson F 2 Feb 1898 22 Apr 2008 110 years, 80 days SwedenSWE
Jenny Lindefjeld F 17 Apr 1905 28 Jun 2015 110 years, 72 days NorwayNOR
30 Elsa Tilkanen F 26 Sep 1896 5 Dec 2006 110 years, 70 days FinlandFIN
31 Karen Svisdal F 16 Dec 1889 23 Feb 2000 110 years, 69 days NorwayNOR
32 Kristianna Ullaland F 2 Dec 1878 26 Jan 1989 110 years, 55 days NorwayNOR
Gulli Bergendahl F 10 Dec 1904 3 Feb 2015 110 years, 55 days SwedenSWE
Helvi Karki F 7 Dec 1906 23 Jan 2017 110 years, 47 days FinlandFIN
Gerda Muf F 16 Mar 1906 29 Apr 2016 110 years, 44 days DenmarkDEN
33 Harriet Holm F 13 Nov 1893 22 Dec 2003 110 years, 39 days NorwayNOR
34 Aasne Hustveit F 2 Dec 1879 17 Dec 1989 110 years, 15 days NorwayNOR
35 Hilda Grahn F 10 Jun 1888 24 Jun 1998 110 years, 14 days SwedenSWE
Karin Larsson F 17 May 1904 24 May 2014 110 years, 7 days SwedenSWE
Lydia Aslund F 14 Nov 1902 19 Nov 2012 110 years, 5 days SwedenSWE

Nordic emigrant supercentenarians

Rank Name Sex Birth Death Age Countries
1 Christian Mortensen M 16 Aug 1882 25 Apr 1998 115 years, 252 days DenmarkDENUnited StatesUSA
2 Esther Ecklund F 28 Oct 1901 12 Mar 2014 112 years, 135 days SwedenSWEUnited StatesUSA
Suoma Korkee F 30 May 1886 1 Aug 1998 112 years, 63 days FinlandFINUnited StatesUSA
Anna Nielsen F 2 Apr 1904 19 Jun 2015 111 years, 78 days DenmarkDENCanadaCAN
3 Julia Lyng F 22 Dec 1878 26 Feb 1990 111 years, 66 days NorwayNORUnited StatesUSA
4 Gunhild Foerster F 28 Dec 1893 4 Feb 2005 111 years, 38 days NorwayNORUnited StatesUSA
Nels Berger M 20 Oct 1885 22 Sep 1996 110 years, 338 days NorwayNORUnited StatesUSA
Conrad Johnson M 19 Jan 1904 23 Dec 2014 110 years, 338 days SwedenSWEUnited StatesUSA
Agnes Sultan F 15 Dec 1889 4 Sep 2000 110 years, 264 days SwedenSWEUnited StatesUSA
Anna Swenson F 5 Oct 1860 18 Jun 1971 110 years, 256 days NorwayNORUnited StatesUSA
Olga Nyman F 6 Apr 1886 15 Dec 1996 110 years, 253 days SwedenSWECanadaCAN
5 Bertha Wallin F 13 Jan 1874 5 Aug 1984 110 years, 205 days DenmarkDENUnited StatesUSA
6 Velgjer Svien F 10 Oct 1842 23 Jan 1953 110 years, 105 days NorwayNORUnited StatesUSA
7 Ingemund Peterson M 6 Jun 1894 21 Aug 2004 110 years, 76 days NorwayNORUnited StatesUSA
Olga Johnson F 31 Aug 1889 31 Oct 1999 110 years, 61 days SwedenSWEUnited StatesUSA
Ulla Lund F 25 Jul 1907 Living 116 years, 268 days DenmarkDENUnited StatesUSA
8 Anna Silverdahl F 30 Apr 1891 24 May 2001 110 years, 24 days SwedenSWEUnited StatesUSA
9 Gerda Morton F 11 Jan 1890 29 Jan 2000 110 years, 18 days SwedenSWEUnited StatesUSA

Other cases
Lina Gilbertsen[1] F 10 Feb 1863 18 Mar 1973 110 years, 36 days NorwayNORUnited StatesUSA

Chronological list of the oldest living Nordic person since 2003

      Validated / Under 110       Living       Unvalidated

From To Name Sex Age when
oldest
Lifespan Country
of death
 - 22 Dec 2003
Harriet Holm F 110 13 Nov 1893 – 22 Dec 2003
110 years, 39 days
NorwayNOR
22 Dec 2003 3 Mar 2004
(72 days)
Borghild Nilsen F 110 2 Dec 1893 – 3 Mar 2004
110 years, 92 days
NorwayNOR
3 Mar 2004 31 Dec 2005
(1 yr, 303 days)
Hilda Hakkinen F 109–111 18 Mar 1894 – 31 Dec 2005
111 years, 288 days
FinlandFIN
31 Dec 2005 15 May 2008
(2 yrs, 136 days)
Astrid Zachrison F 110–113 15 May 1895 – 15 May 2008
113 years, 0 days
SwedenSWE
15 May 2008 1 Jan 2009
(231 days)
Aarne Arvonen M 110–111 4 Aug 1897 – 1 Jan 2009
111 years, 150 days
FinlandFIN
1 Jan 2009 9 Apr 2009
(98 days)
Ida Sofie Hanssen F 109 30 Apr 1899 – 9 Apr 2009
109 years, 344 days
NorwayNOR
9 Apr 2009 9 June 2010
(1 yr, 61 days)
Gudrun Onshuus F 109–110 17 July 1899 – 9 June 2010
110 years, 327 days
NorwayNOR
9 Jun 2010 10 Jan 2011
(215 days)
Maria Eriksson F 110 28 Mar 1900 – 10 Jan 2011
110 years, 288 days
SwedenSWE
10 Jan 2011 31 Oct 2011
(294 days)
Helene Nilsen F 109–110 7 Apr 1901 – 31 Oct 2011
110 years, 207 days
NorwayNOR
31 Oct 2011 21 Apr 2012
(173 days)
Kristi Oktedalen F 109 29 Jun 1902 – 21 Apr 2012
109 years, 297 days
NorwayNOR
21 Apr 2012 2 Dec 2013
(1 yr, 225 days)
Ruth Engstrom F 109–111 23 Sept 1902 – 2 Dec 2013
111 years, 70 days
SwedenSWE
2 Dec 2013 12 Apr 2015
(1 yr, 131 days)
Selma Tuominen F 110–111 19 July 1903 – 12 Apr 2015
111 years, 267 days
FinlandFIN
12 Apr 2015 4 Jan 2017
(1 yr, 267 days)
Elisabet Ekenaes F 110–112 26 Dec 1904 – 4 Jan 2017
112 years, 9 days
NorwayNOR
4 Jan 2017 22 July 2017
(199 days)
Ellen Brandenborg F 110–111 7 Jan 1906 – 22 July 2017
111 years, 196 days
DenmarkDEN
22 Jul 2017 Present
6 years, 271 days
Alice Ostlund F 110* Born 8 Dec 1906
117 years, 132 days
Living in
SwedenSWE

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