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Signe Lundqvist
Signe Lundqvist
Lundqvist on her 110th birthday.
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Signe Lundqvist (born 9 February 1910) is a Swedish supercentenarian whose age is currently unvalidated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG). She is the second oldest (known) living person in Sweden, behind Flarid Lagerlund, who is just one day older.

Biography

Lundqvist was born in Uppsala, Uppland, Sweden, on 9 February 1910. She grew up on a farm in Vangsby in Vange, which her father bought in 1904. She married Harry Lundqvist and they had 4 children. When she was young, she lived for a while in Bromma, Stockholm before returning to Uppsala with her husband.

At the age of 100, she moved to the retirement home on Svartbacksgatan in Uppsala, where she still lives. She celebrated her 110th birthday in February 2020.

Lundqvist currently lives in Uppsala, Uppland, Sweden, at the age of 114 years, 47 days.

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