List of Norwegian supercentenarians

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Norwegian supercentenarians are citizens, residents or emigrants from Norway who have attained or surpassed 110 years of age. The Gerontology Research Group (GRG) has validated the longevity claims of 17 Norwegian supercentenarians, including 12 residents and 5 emigrants. [1] [2] The oldest known Norwegian person was Maren Bolette Torp, who died in 1989, aged 112 years, 61 days. [3] The oldest Norwegian man ever was Herman Smith-Johannsen, credited for introducing cross-country skiing to Canada and North America, [4] who lived 111 years, 204 days between 1875 and 1987. [3]

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Oldest Norwegian people ever

The list including known and validated supercentenarians who died before 2015 was compiled by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG). [3] Later cases were sourced either from more recent GRG data, [2] from administrative reports or from press coverage, as indicated in the table.

  Deceased  Living

RankName [lower-alpha 1] SexBirth dateDeath dateAgeBirthplacePlace of death
or residence
1Maren Bolette TorpF21 December 187620 February 1989112 years, 61 days Østlandet Østlandet
2Elisabet Ekenæs [2] F26 December 19044 January 2017112 years, 9 daysØstlandetØstlandet
3 Herman Smith-Johannsen M15 June 18755 January 1987111 years, 204 daysØstlandetØstlandet
4Laura SvehaugF19 November 18866 March 1998111 years, 107 days Vestlandet Vestlandet
5Wilhelmine SandeF24 October 187421 January 1986111 years, 89 daysØstlandet Sweden
6Julia LyngF22 December 187826 February 1990111 years, 66 days Trøndelag United States
7Gunhild FoersterF28 December 18934 February 2005111 years, 38 daysØstlandetUnited States
8Gudrun Omdahl OnshuusF17 July 18999 June 2010110 years, 327 daysØstlandetØstlandet
9Gudrun Nymoen [5] F26 October 19108 July 2021 [6] 110 years, 256 daysØstlandetØstlandet
10Helene Andrea NilsenF7 April 190131 October 2011110 years, 207 daysØstlandetØstlandet
11Ingeborg Johanna Mestad [7] F15 November 18995 June 2010110 years, 202 daysVestlandetVestlandet
12Olav HovatnM23 October 189226 April 2003110 years, 185 days Sørlandet Sørlandet
13Marie Antoinette Andersen [8] F29 September 190916 February 2020 [9] 110 years, 140 days Nordland Nordland
14Velgjer SvienF10 October 184223 January 1953110 years, 105 daysØstlandetUnited States
15Borghild NilsenF2 December 18933 March 2004110 years, 92 daysØstlandetØstlandet
16Ingemund PetersonM6 June 189421 August 2004110 years, 76 daysØstlandetUnited States
17Jenny Lindefjeld [10] F17 April 190528 June 2015110 years, 72 daysSørlandetSørlandet
18Karen SvisdalF16 December 188923 February 2000110 years, 69 daysVestlandetVestlandet
19Kristianna UllalandF2 December 187826 January 1989110 years, 55 daysVestlandetVestlandet
20Petra Høgetveit [11] F3 April 191023 May 2020110 years, 50 daysØstlandetØstlandet
21Harriet HolmF13 November 189322 December 2003110 years, 39 daysØstlandetØstlandet
22Asne HustveitF2 December 187917 December 1989110 years, 15 daysØstlandetØstlandet

Notes

  1. ↑ All entries are sourced to GRG "table B" as of 1 January 2015, unless otherwise noted. [3]

Related Research Articles

A supercentenarian is a person who has reached the age of 110 years. This age is achieved by about one in 1,000 centenarians. Supercentenarians typically live a life free of major age-related diseases until shortly before the maximum human lifespan is reached.

This is a list of tables of the oldest people in the world in ordinal ranks. To avoid including false or unconfirmed claims of old age, names here are restricted to those people whose ages have been validated by an international body dealing in longevity research, such as the Gerontology Research Group (GRG) or Guinness World Records (GWR), and others who have otherwise been reliably sourced.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Gerontology Research Group</span> Global researcher group

The Gerontology Research Group (GRG) based in Los Angeles, California, USA, is a global non-profit scientific organization of researchers in various fields of gerontology, primarily concerned with validating the ages of, recording and researching supercentenarians.

References

  1. ↑ Wikkerink, Marco; Kroczek, Waclaw Jan (1 January 2015). "GRG Database by Nation". Gerontology Research Group . Retrieved 8 November 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 Epstein, Louis; Young, Robert; Adams, Johnny; Muir, Mark (4 March 2021). "GRG World Supercentenarian Rankings List". Gerontology Research Group . Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Epstein, Louis; Young, Robert; Quesada, Miguel; Muir, Mark; Law, Chris; Wikkerink, Marco (1 January 2015). "Table B - Verified Supercentenarians (Ranked By Age)". Gerontology Research Group . Retrieved 11 December 2018.
  4. ↑ "Herman 'Jackrabbit' Smith Johannsen". Canadian Ski Museum. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  5. ↑ "Gudrun (110) føler seg ikke gammel". 26 October 2020.
  6. ↑ "Kjøp blomster til minne om Gudrun Nymoen".
  7. ↑ "Norges nest eldste er død".
  8. ↑ "Norges eldste innbygger har bursdag" [Norway's oldest resident has birthday]. Helgelendingen (in Norwegian). 29 September 2018. Retrieved 17 August 2019– via NRK.
  9. ↑ ""Norges eldste" Marie Antonette (110) er død" [Norway's oldest Marie Antonette (110) is dead]. Sandnessjøen (in Norwegian). 17 February 2020. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
  10. ↑ "Sørlandets eldste er død". 29 June 2015.
  11. ↑ "Petra Høgetveit var Norges eldste: Nå er hun død". 24 May 2020.
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