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This is a list of the oldest living people in the Nordic region (Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Norway and Iceland).

Oldest living Nordic people (108+)[]

      Validated       Under 110       Pending       Unvalidated

Rank Name Sex Birth Age as of
3 Dec 2024
Country
1 Kirsten Schwalbe F 10 Mar 1914 110 years, 268 days DenmarkDEN
2 Lina Anundsen F 12 Nov 1914 110 years, 21 days NorwayNOR
Margit Larsen F 12 Nov 1914 110 years, 21 days NorwayNOR
4 Annie Sjostrom F 19 Dec 1914 109 years, 349 days SwedenSWE
5 Gudrun Asp F 26 Mar 1915 109 years, 252 days SwedenSWE
6 Aslaug Thoresen F 24 July 1915 109 years, 132 days NorwayNOR
7 Gard Stalhammar F 18 Aug 1915 109 years, 107 days SwedenSWE
8 Nunna Moum F 10 Oct 1915 109 years, 54 days NorwayNOR
9 Brit Lange Albertsson F 21 Oct 1915 109 years, 43 days SwedenSWE
10 Anna Mette Oster Jensen F 26 Oct 1915 109 years, 38 days DenmarkDEN
11 Birgit Johansson F 9 Dec 1915 108 years, 359 days SwedenSWE
12 Gerda A E Christensen F 17 Jan 1916 108 years, 320 days DenmarkDEN
13 Gjerta Othilie Moen F 20 Feb 1916 108 years, 286 days NorwayNOR
14 Elisiette Jensen F 8 Apr 1916 108 years, 239 days DenmarkDEN
15 Viola Dagmar Teresia Karlsson F 26 Apr 1916 108 years, 221 days SwedenSWE
16 Dagny Mariana Olsson F 14 May 1916 108 years, 203 days SwedenSWE
17 Marie Nielsen F 15 June 1916 108 years, 171 days DenmarkDEN
18 Ruth Petersen F 28 June 1916 108 years, 158 days DenmarkDEN
19 Birgit Boström F 24 July 1916 108 years, 132 days SwedenSWE
20 Unidentified F 12 Aug 1916 108 years, 113 days DenmarkDEN
21 Agnes Jørgensen F 26 Sept 1916 108 years, 68 days DenmarkDEN

Oldest living Nordic men (105+)[]

Rank Name Birth Age as of
3 Dec 2024
Country
1 Dumitru Curta 26 Oct 1916 108 years, 38 days RomaniaROUSwedenSWE
2 Arvi Hamalainen 16 Jan 1917 107 years, 321 days RussiaRUSFinlandFIN
3 Odd Borlaug 31 Mar 1917 107 years, 247 days NorwayNOR
4 Esko Penttinen 24 Oct 1917 107 years, 40 days FinlandFIN
5 Rafael Sodergrann 3 Dec 1917 107 years, 0 days FinlandFINSwedenSWE
6 Ilmari Koppinen 8 Jan 1918 106 years, 329 days FinlandFIN
7 Verner Wallen 24 Jan 1918 106 years, 313 days FinlandFIN
8 Aarne Ukkola 13 May 1918 106 years, 204 days FinlandFIN
9 Aksel Gunnar Pedersen 26 May 1918 106 years, 191 days DenmarkDEN
10 Oskar Ferm 13 June 1918 106 years, 173 days SwedenSWE
11 Alf Odd Dehlin Eriksen 19 July 1918 106 years, 137 days NorwayNOR
12 Unidentified 6 Sept 1918 106 years, 88 days DenmarkDEN
13 Sauli Kaisamatti 10 Oct 1918 106 years, 54 days FinlandFIN
14 Unidentified Feb 1919 105 years, 279 days+ DenmarkDEN
15 Jakob Arnesen Stavik 16 Apr 1919 105 years, 231 days NorwayNOR
16 Martti Manninen 25 May 1919 105 years, 192 days FinlandFIN
17 Mauno Tulijoki 29 June 1919 105 years, 157 days FinlandFIN
18 Gerhard Nilsen 12 July 1919 105 years, 144 days NorwayNOR
19 Anonymous July 1919 105 years, 125 days+ DenmarkDEN
20 Olli Vuorio 6 Sept 1919 105 years, 88 days FinlandFIN
21 Martti Laurell 10 Sept 1919 105 years, 84 days FinlandFIN
22 Nils Johnsson 1 Oct 1919 105 years, 63 days SwedenSWE
23 Onni Ryynänen 19 Oct 1919 105 years, 45 days FinlandFIN
24 Bertil Pettersson 1 Nov 1919 105 years, 32 days SwedenSWE
25 Karl Ivar Wikström 5 Nov 1919 105 years, 28 days SwedenSWE

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