List of Swedish supercentenarians

This is a list of Swedish supercentenarians (people from Sweden who have attained the age of at least 110 years). The Gerontology Research Group (GRG) has validated the age claims of 18 supercentenarians from Sweden (including 3 emigrants), the oldest of whom is Astrid Zachrison, who died the night of her 113th birthday (15 May 2008).

Swedish supercentenarians

  Deceased   Living

Rank Name Sex Birth date Death date Age Birthplace Place of death
or residence
1 Astrid Zachrison[1][2][3] F 15 May 1895 15 May 2008 113 years, 0 days Kalmar Jönköping
2 Elsa Moberg[4][5] F 30 June 1889 20 November 2001 112 years, 143 days Gothenburg and Bohus[lower-alpha 1] Stockholm
3 Esther Ecklund[2] F 28 October 1901 12 March 2014 112 years, 135 days Jönköping United States
4 Hulda Johansson[4] F 24 February 1882 9 June 1994 112 years, 105 days Gothenburg and Bohus[lower-alpha 1] Gothenburg and Bohus[lower-alpha 1]
5 Flarid Lagerlund[6][7][8] F 8 February 1910 9 April 2022 112 years, 60 days Stockholm Stockholm
6 Gunborg Hancock[9] F 20 April 1912 Living 111 years, 188 days Finland[lower-alpha 2] Stockholm
7 Agnes Boström[10] F 29 April 1912 Living 111 years, 179 days Västernorrland Västernorrland
8 Carl Mattsson[11] M 7 March 1908 24 July 2019[12] 111 years, 139 days Bohuslän[12] Västra Götaland
9 Anders Engberg[4][13] M 1 July 1892 6 November 2003 111 years, 128 days Halland Halland
10 Johanne Svensson[4][14] F 24 January 1892 29 May 2003 111 years, 125 days Denmark Skåne
11 Alice Östlund[15] F 8 December 1906 28 March 2018 111 years, 110 days Gävleborg Västra Götaland
12 Wilhelmine Sande[4] F 24 October 1874 21 January 1986 111 years, 89 days Norway[lower-alpha 3] Stockholm
13 Ejra Grimstam[16] F 29 June 1912 25 September 2023 111 years, 88 days Älvsborg[lower-alpha 1] Västra Götaland
14 Ruth Engström[2] F 23 September 1902 2 December 2013 111 years, 70 days Kalmar Stockholm
15 Conrad Johnson[17][18] M 19 January 1904 23 December 2014 110 years, 338 days Skaraborg[lower-alpha 1] United States
16 Nanny Halvardsson[19] F 2 July 1906 26 May 2017 110 years, 328 days Värmland Stockholm
17 Hulda Källberg[20] F 16 January 1911 18 November 2021 110 years, 306 days Kopparberg[lower-alpha 4] Dalarna
18 Maria Eriksson[2] F 28 March 1900 10 January 2011 110 years, 288 days Uppsala Uppsala
19 Jenny Karlsson[4] F 17 October 1891 13 July 2002 110 years, 269 days Västmanland Västmanland
20 Teresia Lindahl[4] F 10 June 1888 2 March 1999 110 years, 265 days Kronoberg Jönköping
21 Signe Lundqvist[21] F 9 February 1910 23 September 2020 110 years, 227 days Uppsala Uppsala
22 Elvira "Viran" Larsson[22] F 27 July 1908 16 January 2019 110 years, 173 days Gävleborg Gävleborg
23 Ellen Johansson[4] F 23 January 1887 6 July 1997 110 years, 164 days Malmöhus[lower-alpha 5] Skåne
24 Elin Karlsson[23][24] F 21 April 1900 27 September 2010 110 years, 159 days Gothenburg and Bohus[lower-alpha 1] Västra Götaland
25 Märta Mattsson[25] F 20 September 1906 18 February 2017[26] 110 years, 151 days Västernorrland Västernorrland
26 Hanna Eriksson[4] F 26 February 1891 26 June 2001 110 years, 120 days Kopparberg[lower-alpha 4] Östergötland
27 Hulda Carlsson[2] F 2 February 1898 22 April 2008 110 years, 80 days Halland Västra Götaland
28 Hertha Åkerlind[27] F 28 April 1908 10 July 2018 110 years, 73 days Örebro Stockholm
29 Gulli Bergendahl[28] F 10 December 1904 3 February 2015 110 years, 55 days Gothenburg and Bohus[lower-alpha 1] Västra Götaland
30 Anna Silverdahl[4] F 30 April 1891 24 May 2001 110 years, 24 days Jämtland United States
31 Gerda Morton[29] F 11 January 1890 29 January 2000 110 years, 18 days Malmöhus[lower-alpha 5] United States
32 Hilda Grahn[4] F 10 June 1888 24 June 1998 110 years, 14 days Malmöhus[lower-alpha 5] Skåne
33 Karin Larsson[30] F 17 May 1904 24 May 2014 110 years, 7 days Örebro Örebro
Ingrid Svensson[31] F 23 February 1912 2 March 2022 Jönköping Jönköping
35 Lydia Åslund[32] F 14 November 1902 19 November 2012 110 years, 5 days Västmanland Stockholm

Notes
  1. In 1998, Gothenburg and Borhus, Skaraborg, and Älvsborg were merged as Västra Götaland.
  2. Hancock was born in Helsinki, then part of the autonomous state Finland of the Russian Empire.
  3. Sande was born in Norway, then part of the Union between Sweden and Norway.
  4. In 1997, Kopparberg was renamed as Dalarna.
  5. In 1997, Malmöhus and Kristianstad were merged as Skåne.

See also

References
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