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Goesta Vestlund
Goesta Vestlund
Birth: 15 June 1913
Gagnef, Dalarna, Sweden
Death: 5 October 2020
Stockholm, Sweden
Age: 107 years, 112 days
Country: SwedenSWE
Centenarian

Alf Gustaf Goesta Vestlund (Swedish: Gösta; 15 June 1913 – 5 October 2020) was a Swedish writer, teacher, Doctor of Philosophy and centenarian who was the oldest living man in Sweden at time of his death. He also was the second-oldest living man in the Nordic region after Denmark's Eloff Rasmussen.

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Vestlund was born in Gagnef, Dalarna, Sweden, on 15 June 1913. He studied at Sigtuna Folk High School and the University of Uppsala. He was the first principal of Tollare Folk High School and also the inspector from 1956 until his retirement in 1978.

After the death of Ernst Blixt on 18 September 2019, Vestlund became the oldest living man in Sweden, and held the title until his own death in Stockholm, Sweden, on 5 October 2020 at the age of 107 years, 112 days.

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Sweden's Oldest Living Man Titleholders (VE)

Erik Larsson • Per Kristiansson • Lars Gustafsson • Fredrik Holmstroem • Karl Karlsson • Jonas Stenar • Karl Edgren • Johannes Olsson • Erik Joensson • Ryss Larsson • Sven Eriksson • Jan Jonsson • Magnus Maansson • Lars Olofsson • Johan Svanstroem • Erik Jansson • Karl Svensson • Gustaf Wetterhall • Per Granloef • Karl Nilsson • Nils Mansson-Grans • Johan Svensson • August Karlsson • Johan Hjulstroem • Anders Andersson • Anders Olsson • Anders Jonasson • August Frid • Per Sjoedin • Gustaf Dreborg • Johannes Persson • Petrus Naesland • Sven Nilsson • Petter Magnusson • Olof Samuelsson • Karl-Johan Karlsson • Johan Engstroem • Johan Jonsson • Oscar Elfstroem • Frans Malm • Marcel Richter • Henning Johansson • Oscar Pettersson • Karl Svanberg • Alfred Lagerstroem • Karl Ljungberg • Aron Olsson • Henning Hall • Emanuel Jonsson • Albin Bern • Emil Johansson • Lars Enquist • Oskar Larsson • Alfred Nilsson • Nikolaus Henriksson • Oskar Pettersson • Egard Andersson • Ernst Flodin • Robert Olsson • Nils Elowsson • Nils Sundberg • Anders Engberg • John Mikus • Klas Nicholson • Josef Fahlqvist • Bengt Helldal • Herner Larsson • Karl Johansson • Knut Haegglund • Nils Fritiof • Sven Hedberg • Eric Andersson • Miklos Kurtok • Tore Eriksson • Carl Mattsson • Ernst Blixt • Goesta Vestlund • (Goesta Berggren) • Pawel Frydman • Sixten RudengrenDumitru Curta

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