Selma Tuominen

Selma Tuominen
Tuominen (aged 109) in the fall of 2012
Birth:	19 July 1903 Askainen, Finland
Death:	13 March 2015 Turku, Finland
Age:	111 years, 237 days
Country:	FIN
Validated

Selma Johanna Tuominen (née Salminen; 19 July 1903 – 13 March 2015) was a Finnish supercentenarian whose age is validated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG). At the time of her death, she was the oldest living person in Finland, as well as the entire Nordic region.

Biography

Selma Tuominen was born as Selma Johanna Salminen on a small farm in Askainen, Finland on 19 July 1903. She worked on the farm. In 1925, she married Vilho Tuominen (1902–1983) and they had one child: a daughter, Aila Ahtola (1927–2013). She never smoked cigarettes and never drank alcohol. She moved into a nursing home at the age of 104, and lived there until her own death. She became the oldest known person in Finland after the 11 July 2010 death of Aino Yrttimaa. Selma Tuominen later became the oldest known person alive in the Nordic region when Ruth Engstrom died in Sweden on 2 December 2013 at the age of 111.

Tuominen died on 13 March 2015, at the age of 111 years, 237 days. She was succeeded as Finland's oldest person by then-108-year-old Helvi Karki (1906 – 2017).

References

• 2023 validations, Gerontology Research Group
• Suomen vanhin on 109-vuotias turkulainen, Helsingin Sanomat, 20.11.2012 ^{[New link]}
• Suomen vanhin täyttää 110 vuotta, Helsingin Sanomat, 19.7.2013 ^{[New link]}
• Suomen vanhin ihminen on kuollut, Turkulainen, 13.4.2015 - 07.45 ^{[Dead link]}
• Turkulainen: Suomen vanhin ihminen kuoli, Helsingin Sanomat, 13.4.2015 17:02
• Turkulainen: Suomen vanhin ihminen kuoli, Helsingin Sanomat, 14.4.2015 2:00

Finland's Oldest Living Person Titleholders (V • E)

Eva Enström • Isak Smedberg • Hedvig Sateri • Anders Lindholm • Maria Holmberg • Maria Ahonen • Leena Lindqvist • Kajsa Fellman • Sofie Törnudd • Maria Koskinen • Fredrika Männistö • Erkki Helminen • Heikki Kämäräinen • Alexander von Stahl • Olivia Rosvall • Greta Helin • Kajsa Stina Forsström • Eva Blomqvist • Maria Pekuri • Emma Heikkilä • Ines Achren • Olga Toivonen • Elina Peurala • Aleksandra Lindroos • Elisabeth Rantamaki • Liisa Strellman • Amalia Wallenius • Ida Saarinen • Maria Valimaki • Maria Kumlander • Amanda Riihela • Mathilda Honka • Fanny Nystrom • Ida Virenius • Klaara Tyyniaho • Amanda Moksi • Kalle Nestor Launisto • Maria Rothovius • Daisy Göhle • 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 Hämäläinen