| Karen Svisdal | |
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| Birth: | 16 December 1889 Vistdal, Møre og Romsdal, Norway |
| Death: | 23 February 2000 Sunndalsøra, Møre og Romsdal, Norway |
| Age: | 110 years, 69 days |
| Country: |  NOR
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| Validated | |
Karen Marie Svisdal (16 December 1889 – 23 February 2000) was a validated Norwegian supercentenarian.
Biography[]
Karen Svisdal was born as the youngest of four children on a small farm in Vistdal, Møre og Romsdal, Norway on 16 December 1889. Her parents were Lars Olsen Berset and Kari Aslaksdatter. Her father died when she was a young child. At the age of 12, Karen had to leave home to support herself.
In 1915, she married her first husband Teodor Hansen Hoven. They had a son during the marriage. Teodor died just a year later on 11 March 1916. In the early 1940s, she married her second husband Paul Svisdal. In 1974, they moved to Sunndalsøra, Møre og Romsdal. Paul died in 1975.
Karen Svisdal became the oldest living person in Norway following the death of 108-year old Amund Vermedal on June 12, 1998.
Svisdal died in Sunndalsøra, Møre og Romsdal, Norway on 23 February 2000 at the age of 110 years, 69 days. At the time of her death, she was the oldest living person in Norway.
Gallery[]
References[]
- https://www.grg-supercentenarians.org/karen-svisdal/ Karen Svidal GRG Bio
- GRG Photo Gallery for 1889 supercentenarians
- Tida går, Karen består
- Picture of gravestone
| Norway's Oldest Living Person Titleholders (V • E) |
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Maria Padderud • Nils Monsen Slaire • Karen Thorsen • Mathias Hansen Saether • Vilhelmine Olsen • Marie Olsen • Gjertrud Aas • Madli Bjoerkenes • Synnoeve Gundersen • Ellen Hoddoe • Beret Esp • Kristine Fredriksen • Ingeborg Time • Hans Aasegg • Tomine Seland • Martha Eike • Olav Holtan • Hulda Lie • Ludvig Froeysland • Karl Holm • Ingebrigt Johansen • Inga Nilsen • Herman Smith-Johannsen • Maren Bolette Torp • Aasne Hustveit • Erik Arnegaard • Klara Joergensen • Inga Storstenvik • Lydianna Endresen • Ella Hagen • Laura Svehaug • Amund Vermedal • Karen Svisdal • Herborg Tjoflot • Olav Hovatn • Harriet Holm • Borghild Nilsen • Anna Gundersen • Asborg Aarli • Ingeborg Thuen • Inger Buchholdt • Emma Bendiksen • Gunda Harangen • Ida Sofie Hanssen • Gudrun Onshuus • Helene Nilsen • Kristi Oektedalen • Ragndid Slotfeldt-Ellingsen • Elisabet Ekenaes • Ragnhild Haugen • Torbjorn Overbo • Marie Andersen • Petra Hogetveit • Gudrun Nymoen • Gunhild Lyse • Elsa Gundersen • Vidar Eide • Lina Anundsen • Margit Larsen |