| Anna Swenson | |
 Anna Swenson in 1970. | |
| Birth: | 5 October 1860 Eidfjord, Ulvik, Norway |
| Death: | 18 June 1971 Hannaford, North Dakota, USA |
| Age: | 110 years, 256 days |
| Country: |  NOR USA
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| Validated | |
Anna Swenson (née Varberg; 5 October 1860 – 18 June 1971) was a Norwegian-American supercentenarian whose age is validated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG).
Biography
Anna Swenson was born as Anna T. Varberg in Eidfjord, Ulvik, Hordaland, Vestlandet, Norway on 18 June 1971. Her parents were Thormod Ommundsen and Gunvor (Sjursdatter) Varberg.
She emigrated to United States in 1881. She was married to an active politician, Nicolai Swenson, who was also a Norwegian emigrant. The couple lived in a farm in Hannaford, North Dakota, and had seven children in total. One of them, Gladys Stowman, lived to be 105 years old. Nicolai died of tuberculosis in 1918 at the age of 63.
On Swenson’s 108th birthday, it was reported that she resided in a nursing home and was wheelchaired. She died in Hannaford, North Dakota, USA on 18 June 1971 at the age of 110 years, 256 days.
References
- 2017 GRG validations
- Youngstown Vindicator, October 5, 1968
- Times-Record, January 23, 2006 [dead link]
- Nicolai Swenson • Swenson, Nicoloai Web Family Tree
Nicolai Swenson Find A Grave - Anna Swenson Find A Grave
- SAB, Ulvik Sokneprestembete, H/Haa: Parish register (official) no. A 13, 1853-1863, p. 76 Birth registration &
SAB, Ullensvang Sokneprestembete, H/Hab: Parish register (copy) no. C 1, 1855-1871, p. 19 Birth registration