Sylvia Berg | |
![]() Berg on her 100th birthday in 2018 | |
Birth: | 16 June 1918 Faroe Islands |
Age: | 106 years, 239 days |
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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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- Stuttligt at uppliva, at fleiri og fleiri gerast 100 ár og hava tað gott. Eyðgunn Samuelsen Javnaðarflokkurin on Facebook, 16 June 2018
- Frá vinstru Mathilda Jacobsen (100), sum er svigarinna við Sylviu Berg (103) og Aksel Jacobsen (98). Við Tórði á túri on Facebook, 1 November 2021
- Við Tórði á túri við nøkrum av okkara elstu Kringvarp Føroya, 1 November 2021
- Tvey systkin og svigarinna, sum hava verið nærmastu grannar á Peturstrøð í Havn, eru tilsamans 301 ár. Við Tórði á túri on Facebook, 3 November 2021
- 104th birthday Birna Jacobsen on Facebook, 21 June 2022
- Hjartaliga Tillukku Axel vid 100ara degnum Her sita tit so fitt Sylvia sistir 103 at Matilda svigarinda 100ar Og nu eru tær madar farnar Ynski tær ein godan dag Birna Jacobsen on Facebook, 18 May 2023
Faroe Islands’ Oldest Living Person Titleholders (V • E) |
Anna Askham • Margrethe Egholm • Unidentified (Runavik) • Anna Malene Weihe • Joen Sofus Hansen • Theodor Thomassen • Laura Hojgaard • Daniella Olsen • Malla Olsen • Kala Jensen • Sylvia Berg |