| Elsa Tilkanen | |
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| Birth: | 26 September 1896 Pöytyä, Finland |
| Death: | 5 December 2006 Pöytyä, Finland |
| Age: | 110 years, 70 days |
| Country: |  FIN
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Elsa Vilhelmiina Tilkanen (née Saarelainen; 26 September 1896 – 5 December 2006) was a Finnish supercentenarian whose age is validated by the Gerontology Research Group. She is also Finland's sixth-oldest person whose age is not disputed.
Biography
Elsa Tilkanen was born as Elsa Wilhelmiina Saarelainen in Kaulanperä, Pöytyä, Finland on 26 September 1896. She married Vilho Oskari Tilkanen and they had three children.
She became the oldest living person in Finland on 18 April 2006, after the death of Anna Hagman. Later that year, on 26 September 2006, she turned 110.
Elsa Tilkanen died in Karinainen, Pöytyä, Finland on 5 December 2006, at the age of 110 years, 70 days. After her death, then 109 years old Aarne Arvonen (born 4 August 1897, died 1 January 2009) became the oldest person alive in Finland, while then 109 years old Aino Läspä (born 18 August 1897, died 10 July 2007) became the oldest woman alive in Finland.
References
- Gerontology Research Group
- Suomen vanhin Elsa Tilkanen kuollut
- Elsa Vilhelmiina Tilkanen (Saarelainen) Geni
- Aino Läspä's obituary, Keskipohjanmaa 15.7.2007, p.5
| Finland's Oldest Living Person Titleholders (V • E) |
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Eva Enstrom • Isak Smedberg • Hedvig Sateri • Anders Lindholm • Maria Holmberg • Maria Ahonen • Leena Lindqvist • Kajsa Fellman • Sofie Tornudd • Maria Koskinen • Fredrika Mannisto • Erkki Helminen • Heikki Kamarainen • Alexander von Stahl • Olivia Rosvall • Greta Helin • Kajsa Stina Forsstrom • Eva Blomqvist • Maria Pekuri • Emma Heikkila • Ines Achren • Olga Toivonen • Elina Peurala • Aleksandra Lindroos • Elisabeth Rantamaki • Liisa Strellman • Amalia Wallenius • Ida Saarinen • Maria Valimaki • Andrei Kuznetsoff • Mathilda Honka • Fanny Nystrom • Ida Virenius • Klaara Tyyniaho • Amanda Moksi • Maria Rothovius • Daisy Gohle • Sigrid Viik • Hilda Hakkinen • Anna Hagman • Elsa Tilkanen • Aarne Arvonen • Viljo Kekola • Jussi Leskinen • Aino Yrttimaa • Selma Tuominen • Helvi Karki • Helfrid Eriksson • Saara Ahonen • Helvi Harma • Astrid Qvist • Sirkka Nieminen • Helvi Kissala • Gunnel Stenback • Arvi Hamalainen • Helena Honkanen • Vieno Nurmilaukas |