Jenny Lindefjeld

Jenny Lindefjeld
Birth:	17 April 1905 Haegebostad, Southern, Norway
Death:	28 June 2015 Kvinesdal, Southern, Norway
Age:	110 years, 72 days
Country:	NOR
Validated

Jenny Lindefjeld [also Lindefjell] (17 April 1905 – 28 June 2015) was a Norwegian supercentenarian who age was validated by the Gerontology Research Group on 11 June 2018. At the time of her passing, she was the second-oldest living person in Norway behind Elisabet Ekenaes.

Biography

Jenny Severine Lindefjeld was born in Haegebostad municipality, Southern, Norway on 17 April 1905. She married Anders Lindefjeld in 1923. The couple had seven children. Lindefjeld was widowed in 1969. At the age of 100, she wrote an autobiography of her life.

Lindefjeld died in Fjotland Care Center in Kvinesdal, Norway, on 28 June 2015 at the age of 110 years, 72 days. She was survived by four children, 18 grandchildren, 48 great-grandchildren and 31 great-great-grandchildren.

Gallery

Jenny and Anders Lindefjeld on their wedding day in 1923

Lindefjeld (center right) with her husband Anders (right), eldest son Otto (far right), her sister Mari (center left) and brother-in-law Torkel Haddeland (far left) in Amsterdam Park, New York in 1928

Lindefjeld at the age of 100 in 2005

Lindefjeld (sitting, center right) on her 110th birthday with her children Arthur (far left), Agnes (left), and Martine (left, sitting) and her niece Solveig (far right)

References

• Jenny Lindefjeld (106) og hennes livshistorie Frøken Torils liv og levede, Blogger
• Jenny Lindefjeld 110 år Fædrelandsvennen
• Sørlandets eldste person er død Fædrelandsvennen
• Jenny Severine Lindefjell lokalhistoriewiki.no
• Tag: Jenny Severine Lindefjell DAGEN
• SAK, Hægebostad sokneprestkontor, F/Fa/Fab/L0004: Parish register (official) no. A 4, 1887-1929, p. 56 Birth registration