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Sylvia Berg
Sylvia Berg
Berg on her 100th birthday in 2018
Birth: 16 June 1918
Faroe Islands
Age: 106 years, 239 days
Country: Faroe Islands (Denmark)FRO,DenmarkDEN
Centenarian

Sylvia Berg [or Silvia] (née Jacobsen; born 16 June 1918) is a Faroese centenarian who is currently the oldest living person from the Faroe Islands.

Biography[]

Sylvia H. Berg was born in Faroe Islands on 16 June 1918.

Silvia, her younger brother Aksel Jacobsen, still alive as of November 2021 at the age of 98, and his wife Mathilda Jacobsen (born 14 December 1920) who was 100 years old at the time, setting a combined age of 301 years.

She became the oldest living person from the Faroe Islands, following the death of Kala Jensen on 1 February 2022.

Berg currently lives in Peturstrød, Torshavn, Faroe Islands, at the age of 106 years, 239 days.

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Faroe Islands’ Oldest Living Person Titleholders (VE)

Anna AskhamMargrethe Egholm • Unidentified (Runavik) • Anna Malene Weihe • Joen Sofus Hansen • Theodor Thomassen • Laura Hojgaard • Daniella Olsen • Malla Olsen • Kala Jensen • Sylvia Berg

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