Dumitru Curta | |
Dumitru Curta (aged 107) in December 2023 | |
Birth: | 26 October 1916 Kingdom of Romania (now Romania) |
Death: | 1 January 2025 Kalarne, Jamtland County, Sweden |
Age: | 108 years, 67 days |
Country: | ROUSWE |
Centenarian |
Dumitru Curta (26 October 1916 – 1 January 2025) was a Romanian-born Swedish centenarian who was the oldest known living man in Sweden at the time of his death.
Biography[]
Dumitru Curta was born in Romania on 26 October 1916. He and his wife Maria first fled from their native Romania to Austria for a few years before they came to Skovde, Sweden in 1974. After his son Nick got a job as a music teacher, Dumitru and Maria moved from Skovde to Kalarne, Jamtland County.
His son Nick died in 1993 at the age of 42, and Dumitru and his wife Maria briefly returned to Skovde, from where they decided to return to Kalarne, Jamtland County.
In October 2016, he celebrated his 100th birthday and became a centenarian.
He became the oldest known living man in Sweden, following the death of 108-year-old Sixten Rudengren on 22 November 2023.
Dumitru Curta died in a nursing home in Kalarne, Jamtland County, Sweden on 1 Janurary 2025 at the age of 108 years, 67 days.
Gallery[]
References[]
- Dumitri Curta från Kälarne har hundra år på nacken Länstidningen Östersund, 26 October 2016
- 107-åring firades på Tallgläntan Kommun och politik, 30 October 2023
- Dumitri, 107 år, i Kälarne – om att bli så gammal: ”Viktigt hur du spenderar din tid” Länstidningen Östersund, 11 December 2023
- Death Mention Ratsit, 9 January 2025
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