| Dagny Carlsson | |
 Carlsson (aged 101) on 4 July 2013 | |
| Birth: | 8 May 1912 Kristianstad, Sweden |
| Death: | 24 March 2022 Solna, Sweden |
| Age: | 109 years, 320 days |
| Country: |  SWE
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| Centenarian | |
Dagny Valborg Carlsson (née Eriksson; 8 May 1912 – 24 March 2022) was a Swedish centenarian blogger and reportedly the oldest one alive at the time of her death.
Biography
Carlsson, also known as "Bojan" on her blog, was born in Kristianstad, Skane, Sweden on 8 May 1912. Her parents were Viktor Eriksson (1885–1929) and Sigrid (1885–1929). She had four younger siblings.
She started working in a factory as a seamstress at a young age. She would later study at a textile institute in Norrköping.
She married the trader Ragnar Norling (1909–1958) in 1942. The marriage became unhappy, but Ragnar refused to divorce, so Dagny escaped. When they at last divorced in 1951, she married the manufacturer Harry Carlsson (1913–2004). They travelled a lot around Europe. They were married until Harry died of cancer at the age of either 90 or 91 in 2004. She had no children.
At the age of 99, she went to a class to learn more about computing, later starting her blog from what she had learned. At the age of 100, she became known in the media for her blogging at such a high age.
When asked about what makes a long life, she answered good genes and curiosity.
She has participated in several TV-shows such as TV4:s Nyhetsmorgon, SVT:s Fråga doktorn, Gomorron Sverige and the SVT documentary series Det är inte så dumt att bli gammal. She has also been a guest in the Nordic talk show Skavlan on 4 March 2016. as well as TV4's Bingolotto game show. In 2016, Dagny Carlsson had a small role in the film "Hundraettåringen som smet från notan och försvann", in which she played an elderly woman who had moved into the character Allan's old room at the retirement home.
On 23 February 2021 at the age of 108, she received her first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, making her one of the oldest people to have received the vaccine.
Carlsson died in Solna, Stockholm County, Sweden, on the night between 23 and 24 March 2022 at the age of 109 years and 320 days. At the time of her death, she was the fourth-oldest known living person in Sweden, behind Flarid Lagerlund, Gunborg Hancock and Agnes Bostrom. Carlsson additionally narrowly missed out on upgrading to third oldest living person in Sweden as Flarid Lagerlund, who was exactly 27 months older, died on 9 April 2022.
Gallery
External Links
- Vi fortsätter tillsammans Blog "Vi fortsätter tillsammans" run by Carlsson
- Find a Grave
References
- Nyfikenhet ger dig ett långt liv” Aftonbladet, 16 March 2015
- 102 år och egen blogg allehanda.se, 21 March 2015
- Dagny om Rebecca & Fiona: "Inte bara bompa-bompa" SVT Nyheter, 4 March 2016 (Archived)
- Sveriges äldsta bloggare firar 105 Sydsvenskan, 8 May 2017
- Dagny, 108, vaccinerad – uppmanar alla andra att göra samma sak Aftonbladet, 23 February 2021
- Avsnitt 50.20 BingoLottoWiki
- Se 104-åriga Dagny Carlssons känga till filmen "Hundraettåringen SVT Play (Archived)
- Bloggaren Dagny Carlsson är död – blev 109 år gammal SVT, 24 March 2022
- Dagny Carlsson dod - Bloggaren Blev 109 ar gammal Aftonbladet
- "Dagny Valborg Carlsson registrerades som avliden 2022-03-24" - ratsit.se