| Helvi Kissala | |
 Helvi Kissala on her 110th birthday in 2023 | |
| Birth: | 26 October 1913 Mänttä, Pirkanmaa, Russian Empire (now Finland) |
| Death: | 12 June 2024 Mänttä-Vilppula, Pirkanmaa, Finland |
| Age: | 110 years, 230 days |
| Country: |  FIN
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Helvi Dagmar Kissala (née Leppänen; 26 October 1913 – 12 June 2024) was a Finnish supercentenarian who was the oldest living person in Finland at the time of her death, as well as the second-oldest living Finnish-born person, behind Gunborg Hancock of Sweden. Her age is validated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG).
Biography[]
Helvi Kissala was born as Helvi Dagmar Leppänen in Mänttä, Pirkanmaa (then Russian Empire, now Finland) on 26 October 1913. Her parents were Eiffa and Johannes Leppänen. She worked as a cleaner at G. A. Serlachius Oy Mäntä paper factory until 1978, a cattle rancher and a housewife. She married Niilo Helenius in 1939. Niilo died in 1959. She later married Heino Kissala in 1967. Heino died in 1983.
She became the oldest known living person in Finland, following the death of 110-year-old Sirkka Nieminen on 13 January 2023.
In October 2023, she celebrated her 110th birthday and became a supercentenarian.
Helvi Kissala died in Mänttä-Vilppula, Pirkanmaa, Finland on 12 June 2024 at the age of 110 years, 230 days. Following her death, then 109-year-old Gunnel Stenback became the oldest known living person in Finland.
References[]
- 2023 validations, Gerontology Research Group
- Suomen vanhin ihminen on 109-vuotias Helvi Kissala Ilta-Sanomat, 29 April 2023
- Helvi Kissala täyttää 110 vuotta: ”Ei tunnu miltään” Iltalehti, 26 October 2023
- Suomen vanhin ihminen on kuollut Iltalehti, 13 June 2024
- Helvi Kissala, Finland’s oldest living person, dies at 110 Gerontology Research Group, 13 June 2024
| 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 |