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Agnes Bostrom

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Agnes Bostrom
Agnes Bostrom
Agnes Bostrom on her 112th birthday in 2024
Birth: 29 April 1912
Tarasjonas, Vasternorrland County, Sweden
Death: 16 November 2024
Alandsbro, Vasternorrland County, Sweden
Age: 112 years, 201 days
Country: SwedenSWE
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Agnes Cecilia Bostrom (née Abrahamsson) [Swedish: Agnes Cecilia Boström] (29 April 1912 – 16 November 2024) was a Swedish supercentenarian who was the oldest living person in Sweden at the time of her death. Her age is validated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG).

Biography[]

Agnes Bostrom was born as Agnes Cecilia Eriksson in the village of Tarasjonas, near Ramsele, Vasternorrland County, Sweden on 29 April 1912, as the fifth child of eight children of Erik-Petter and Anna-Marta Abrahamsson. Her mother lived to be 98 and her maternal uncle lived to 105. At some point, she married the carpenter Gottfrid Bostrom. In 1940, they bought a farm in Ramsås, where she dedicated herself to caring for her home and family while managing the farm. They had a son together. In 1969, she became a widow after her husband died following an accident a few years earlier, and in 1993, her son Stig died in a traffic accident. In the 1980s, she moved to Alandsbro.

She had many interests and hobbies, including reading and doing crossword puzzles. In her 90s, she also participated in various activities organized by the pensioners’ association, such as qigong, gymnastics, and cooking. Even at the age of 109, Agnes continued to maintain an independent lifestyle, living alone in her apartment.

On 9 April 2022, following the death of 112-year-old Flarid Lagerlund, she became the oldest living Swedish-born person.

On 20 April 2022, she celebrated her 110th birthday, becoming a supercentenarian.

On 16 October 2024, following the death of 112-year-old Gunborg Hancock, she became the oldest living person in Sweden and the oldest living person in the Nordic countries.

Agnes Bostrom died in Alandsbro, Vasternorrland County, Sweden, on 16 November 2024, at the age of 112 years, 201 days. Following her death, then 109-year-old Annie Sjostrom became the oldest living person in Sweden.

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Sweden's Oldest Living Person Titleholders (V • E)

Ingrid Klar • Lovisa Kokeritz • Anna Gabrielsson • Johanna Lindahl • Johanna Berns • Katarina Hoegbom • Kajsa Olsson • Lars Gustafsson • Stina Jansson • Johanna Westfeldt • Maria Hansson • Charlotta Staf • Anna Gabrielsson • Eva Larsson • Sven Eriksson • Johanna Svensdotter • Jan Jonsson • Magnus Maansson • Pamela Oernmark • Anna Johansson • Stina Abrahamsson • Lars Olofsson • Sara Jonsson • Karolina Andersson • Johan Svanstroem • Maeret Olofsson • Erik Jansson • Sofia Deijenberg • Maria Lindblom • Karolina Nilsson • Anna Skatt • Ulrika Pettersson • Per Granloef • Greta Olsson • Maria Vred • Anna Berg • Johanna Johansson • Beata Brolin • Hanna Lundqvist • Gunhild Jensen • Erika Erlandsson • Johanna Andersson • Anders Jonasson • Maria Johansson • Anna Johansson • Lisa Johansson • Per Sjoedin • Lovisa Svensson • Johanna Johannesson • Emma Gustafsson • Karl-Johan Karlsson • Judit Karlstedt • Lovisa Sundelin • Charlotta Johansson • Karolina Jonsson • Wilhelmina Svensson • Kristina Jansson • Frans Malm • Anna Johansson • Emma Berg • Clara Hedwin • Anna Wetterhall • Alfred Lagerstrom • Anna Persson • Karl Ljungberg • Carolina Nilsson • Julia Karlsson • Wilhelmine Sande • Hilda Pettersson • Anna Andersson • Gustava Vikstrom • Ida Johnson • Elfrida Andersson • Alma Klingvall • Alfrida Engblom • Hulda Johansson • Ellen Andreasson • Hilma Rothman • Ellen Johansson • Clara Asberg • Hilda Grahn • Teresia Lindahl • Elsa Moberg • Jenny Karlsson • Johanne Svensson • Anders Engberg • Elin Antonsson • Astrid Zachrison • Rut Mikaelsson • Maria Eriksson • Ester Johansson • Ruth Engstrom • Ellen Vestling • Karin Larsson • Gulli Bergendahl • Rut Emriksson • Ingeborg Damgren • Nanny Halvardsson • Alice Ostlund • Carl Mattsson • Flarid Lagerlund • Gunborg Hancock • Agnes Bostrom • Annie Sjostrom • Birgit Johansson

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