Eloff Rasmussen

	Denmark's Oldest Living Man Titleholders (V • E)
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	Eloff Rasmussen
	; Rasmussen on his 105th birthday in 2017
Birth:	15 February 1912; Lundby, Vordingborg, Denmark
Death:	9 October 2020; Gentofte, Hovedstaden, Denmark
Age:	108 years, 237 days
Country:	DEN
	Centenarian

Eloff Gyldvig Rasmussen (15 February 1912 – 9 October 2020) was a Danish centenarian who was the oldest living man in Denmark since the death of 105 year-old Kristian Rasmussen on 15 March 2017 and all of the Nordic region following the death of 108-year-old Hjalmar Gregersen of Norway. He was also the second-oldest living person in Denmark behind Karla Lindholm Jensen.

Biography

Eloff Gyldvig Rasmussen was born in Lundby, Vordingborg, Sjaelland, Denmark, on 15 February 1912. He later moved to Copenhagen and, in 1934, was trained as a watchmaker. He also worked as an optician. As of his 100th birthday in 2012, he still lived in his own apartment in Hellerup. On 15 February 2017, he celebrated his 105th birthday in his retirement home, Egebjerg in Vangede.

Rasmussen died in Gentofte, Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark on 9 October 2020 at the age of 108 years, 237 days. He was the fourth-oldest man ever to die in Denmark, and his successor as Denmark's oldest man is Jens Westergaard (born 1914).

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References

Churchbook 1892 - 1916 Lundby/Page No. 38 - Born Men #2, Danish Family Search
Tillykke med de 105 år EGE-NYT, Marts 2017 ^{(Dead link)}
Den 15. februar 2019 fylder E. Gyldvig Rasmussen 107 år. p. 33-34, EGE-NYT, March 2019 ^{(Dead link)}
I Gentofte bor Danmarks ældste mand: "Man skal sørge for at få sig en god mand, så man kan hjælpes ad. Det er det væsentligste" Villabyerne, 02 August 2019 ^{(Dead link)} Villabyerne, 30 July 2019
Danmarks ældste mand er død Berlingske, 21 October 2020