http://gerontology.wikia.com/wiki/List_of_Danish_supercentenarians
List of Danish supercentenarians
805PAGES ON
THIS WIKI
THIS WIKI
This list comprises verified Danish supercentenarians (people from Denmark who have attained the age of at least 110 years), according to the Gerontology Research Group (GRG).[1] The GRG reports that there have been two verified supercentenarians from Denmark.[2] According to the GRG, the oldest person ever from Denmark was Anne Matthiesen, who died in 1996, aged 111 years 114 days, but Danish born Christian Mortensen, aged 115 years 252 days, died in the United States in 1998. As of 2 February 2016, the GRG reports no verified living supercentenarians in Denmark, but that the oldest person living is Signe Hoejer age 110 years, 93 days.[3]
Living Danish supercentenarians
Verified Pending Unverified
Rank | Name | Birth | Age as of 2 Feb 2016 | Region of birth | Region of residence |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Signe Højer[4] | 1 Nov 1905 |
110 years, 93 days
| Nordjylland | Midtjylland | |
Ellen Brandenborg [5] | 7 Jan 1906 |
110 years, 26 days
| Nordjylland | Midtjylland |
Danish supercentenarians
Deceased Living Pending Unverified
Rank | Name | Birth | Death | Age | Region |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Anne Matthiesen [1] | 26 Nov 1884 | 19 Mar 1996 | 111 years, 114 days | Syddanmark |
2 | Karen Jespersen[1] | 5 May 1889 | 4 Aug 2000 | 111 years, 91 days | Midtjylland |
Marie Jensen[6] | 5 Jun 1904 | 30 Jan 2015 | 110 years, 239 days | Midtjylland | |
Agnes Steenstrup[6] | 24 Nov 1903 | 1 Mar 2014 | 110 years, 97 days | Hovedstaden | |
Signe Højer | 1 Nov 1905 | Living |
110 years, 93 days
| Midtjylland | |
Ellen Brandenborg | 7 Jan 1906 | Living |
110 years, 26 days
| Midtjylland |
Danish emigrant supercentenarians
Rank | Name | Sex | Birth | Death | Age | Country of death |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Christian Mortensen [1] | M | 16 Aug 1882 | 25 Apr 1998 | 115 years, 252 days | USA |
2 | Johanne Svensson [1] | F | 24 Jan 1892 | 29 May 2003 | 111 years, 125 days | SWE |
Anna Nielsen[7][8][9] | F | 2 Apr 1904 | 19 Jun 2015 | 111 years, 78 days | CAN | |
3 | Bertha Wallin [1] | F | 13 Jan 1874 | 5 Aug 1984 | 110 years, 205 days | USA |
Supercentenarians born in former Danish territories/colonies
Rank | Name | Birth | Death | Age | Region of birth | Country of death |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ursula Krigger[6] | 22 Apr 1902 | 10 Sep 2015 | 113 years, 141 days | Danish West Indies | VIR |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 GRG Table A
- ↑ GRG Validated Living Supercentenarians As of 2 December 2014. The GRG lists persons as living whose age has been validated and confirmed to be alive within the past year.
- ↑ Danmarks ældste bor nu i Silkeborg
- ↑ Danmarks ældste: Signe fylder 110 år og fejrer det med fest
- ↑ Ellen er Danmarks næstældste: Hold fast i alt det gode og lad det andet fare
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 GRG Table EE
- ↑ Anna Dorthea NIELSEN - Obituary
- ↑ Langley woman celebrates 110 years
- ↑ Photo: Langley's Super Centenarian