List of oldest living Nordic people

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

• See also: List of Nordic supercentenarians

Oldest living Nordic people (108+)

      Validated       Under 110       Pending       Unvalidated

Rank	Name	Sex	Birth	Age as of 23 Jan 2026	Country
1	Kirsten Schwalbe	F	10 Mar 1914	111 years, 319 days	DEN
2	Lina Anundsen	F	12 Nov 1914	111 years, 72 days	NOR
3	Edna Ellynore Moum	F	10 Oct 1915	110 years, 105 days	NOR
4	Birgit Johansson	F	9 Dec 1915	110 years, 45 days	SWE
5	Gerda Christensen	F	17 Jan 1916	110 years, 6 days	DEN
6	Elisiette Jensen	F	8 Apr 1916	109 years, 290 days	DEN
7	Viola Dagmar Teresia Karlsson	F	26 Apr 1916	109 years, 272 days	SWE
8	Dagny Olsson	F	14 May 1916	109 years, 254 days	SWE
9	Marie Nielsen	F	15 June 1916	109 years, 222 days	DEN
10	Alfa Ljungqvist	F	11 Jan 1917	109 years, 12 days	SWE
11	Linnea Andersson	F	27 Feb 1917	108 years, 330 days	SWE
12	Odd Borlaug	M	31 Mar 1917	108 years, 298 days	NOR
13	Anna Judith Solberg	F	5 Apr 1917	108 years, 293 days	NOR
14	Signe Møller Olsen	F	25 May 1917	108 years, 243 days	NOR
15	Gunborg Viola Lindahl	F	29 May 1917	108 years, 239 days	SWE
16	Anna Lisa Malmgren	F	18 July 1917	108 years, 189 days	SWE
17	Brita Larsson	F	5 Aug 1917	108 years, 171 days	SWE
18	Dagny Apell	F	11 Sept 1917	108 years, 134 days	SWE
19	Vieno Nurmilaukas	F	23 Sept 1917	108 years, 122 days	FIN

Oldest living Nordic men (105+)

Rank	Name	Birth	Age as of 23 Jan 2026	Country
1	Odd Borlaug	31 Mar 1917	108 years, 298 days	NOR
2	Ilmari Koppinen	8 Jan 1918	108 years, 15 days	FIN
3	Aksel Gunnar Pedersen	26 May 1918	107 years, 242 days	DEN
4	Oskar Ferm	13 June 1918	107 years, 224 days	SWE
5	Mauno Tulijoki	29 June 1919	106 years, 208 days	FIN
6	Gerhard Nilsen	12 July 1919	106 years, 195 days	NOR
7	Alf Knapstad	7 Aug 1919	106 years, 169 days	NOR
8	Martti Laurell	10 Sept 1919	106 years, 135 days	FIN
9	Onni Ryynänen	19 Oct 1919	106 years, 96 days	FIN
10	Karl Ivar Wikström	5 Nov 1919	106 years, 79 days	SWE
11	Matti Nurminen	12 Apr 1920	105 years, 286 days	FIN
12	Ivar Gunnar Persson	10 May 1920	105 years, 258 days	SWE
13	Stig Allan Engberg	28 May 1920	105 years, 240 days	SWE
14	Øyvind Røyrvik	23 June 1920	105 years, 214 days	NOR
15	Unidentified	July 1920	105 years, 176 days+	DEN
16	Per Harry Thuning	17 Aug 1920	105 years, 159 days	SWE
17	Thor Gjesvold	16 Sept 1920	105 years, 129 days	NOR

References

• GRG World Supercentenarian Rankings List Gerontology Research Group