| Helvi Karki | |
 Helvi Karki at the age of 110 | |
| Birth: | 7 December 1906 Erajarvi, Pirkanmaa, Finland |
| Death: | 23 January 2017 Hameenlinna, Tavastia Proper, Finland |
| Age: | 110 years, 47 days |
| Country: |  FIN
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| Validated | |
Helvi Karki [Finnish: Kärki] (7 December 1906 – 23 January 2017) was a Finnish supercentenarian whose age is validated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG). She was the oldest known person in Finland when she died.
Biography
Helvi Kaarina Karki was born in Erajarvi, Pirkanmaa, Finland on 7 December 1906. She never married nor had children. Religion was very important to her throughout her life. She became the oldest person in Finland on 13 March 2015, then aged 108, following the death of 111-year-old Selma Tuominen.
Helvi Karki died in Hameenlinna, Tavastia Proper, Finland on 23 January 2017 at the age of 110 years, 47 days. She was succeeded as Finland's oldest person by then-108-year-old Helfrid Eriksson.
References
- 2023 validations, Gerontology Research Group
- Suomen vanhimmat ihmiset Tuomas Salste
- Kuolinilmoitus, Hämeen Sanomat 12.2.2017, s. A8
- HS: Suomen vanhin ihminen on kuollut Ilta Sanomat
- HS: Suomen vanhin ihminen kuoli 110-vuotiaana MTV Uutiset
- HS tapasi Suomen vanhimman ihmisen – Helvi Kärki, 110, selvisi espanjantaudista ja piilotteli sisällissodan aikaan kotitalonsa alla Helsingin Sanomat
- Suomen vanhin ihminen Helvi Kärki kuoli 110 vuoden iässä Helsingin Sanomat
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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 |