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Arthur Peedu
Birth: 5 September 1916
Estonia
Death: 9 February 2022
Skarholmen, Stockholm, Sweden
Age: 105 years, 157 days
Country: EstoniaESTSwedenSWE
Centenarian

Arthur Peedu (5 September 1916 – 9 February 2022) was an Estonian-Swedish centenarian who was among the oldest living people born in Estonia, and among the oldest known living men in Sweden at the time of his death.

Biography[]

Arthur Peedu was born in Estonia on 5 September 1916.

In 1943, him and his wife Bertha (born in 1921 or 1922, date of death unknown), emigrated to Sweden.

On 5 September 2016, he turned 100.

He died in Skarholmen, Stockholm, Sweden on 9 February 2022 at the age of 105 years, 157 days. At the time, he was the second oldest known living man born in Estonia, and the sixth-oldest undisputed living man in Sweden. His funeral was held on 10 March 2022.

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