| Gunnel Stenback | |
 Stenback at the age of 100 | |
| Birth: | 21 September 1914 Lumparland, Aland Islands |
| Age: | 109 years, 210 days |
| Country: |  ALA, FINFIN
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| Centenarian | |
Gunnel Margareta Stenback [Swedish: Stenbäck] (born 21 September 1914) is a Finnish centenarian who is currently the oldest living person born in the Finnish autonomous region of Aland Islands and the second-oldest known living person in Finland, behind Helvi Kissala.
Biography[]
Gunnel Stenback was born in Lumparland, Aland Islands on 21 September 1914. Her parents were Paul Sivard Stenback and Hulda Cecilia Sofia Isaksson. Her father was a priest. She moved to Helsinki in 1934 at the age of 20. She worked as a deacon, studied to be a licentiate in political science, and traveled around the world. She traveled to nearly 50 countries: exploring the care of the mentally handicapped or later retired all on their own for fun. She worked as a traveling nurse in the bakery of the city of Helsinki In Hermann and as a deacon of the Swedish-speaking congregation in Sornainen. She graduated as a deacon in 1938. She worked e.g. As the superintendent of the Slope Home and the director of the Deaconess Institute. She began her university studies at the age of about 50 and graduated with a licentiate degree in political science in 1969. On 13 January 2023 she became the oldest living person in Uusimaa when Sirkka Nieminen died
Gunnel Stenback lives currently in Helsinki, Finland at the age of 109 years, 210 days.
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References[]
- 100th birthday mention Diakonissalaitos on Facebook, 20 September 2014
- Sadan vuoden matka Sydänliitto, 12 December 2017
- Diakonissa Gunnel Stenbäckin elämänkaari on ollut pitkä Diakonissalaitos, 21 September 2022
- Nikolaista Niinistöön – sisar Gunnelin elämänkaari on ollut pitkä ja monipuolinen Diakonissalaitos, 21 September 2023
- Gunnel Margareta Stenbäck Geneanet