Flarid Lagerlund
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| Born | Flarid Berta Karlsson 8 February 1910 (age 111 years, 319 days) |
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Flarid Berta Lagerlund, (born 8 February 1910) is a Swedish supercentenarian, who at the age of 111 years, 319 days, is Sweden's oldest verified living person. She is the fifth-oldest verified person ever from Sweden.
Personal life[]
Flarid Lagerlund was born on 8 February 1910 in Spånga, Sweden.[1] Her parents; Axel Teodor Karlsson and Fredrika Johannesdotter were returnee emigrants to Sweden. In the 19th-century they left for the United States. She was the fourth child in the family.[2]
Lagerlund attended school for seven years, thereafter working in cable manufacturing.[2]
In 2009, she moved to a retirement home in Täby, Sweden.[2][3]
Health and longevity[]
After the death of Carl Mattsson on 24 July 2019, she became the oldest living person in Sweden as well as in Scandinavia.[4]
See also[]
- Supercentenarians from Sweden
- List of European supercentenarians
- List of the verified oldest people
- Oldest people
References[]
- ^ Riksarkivet. "Riksarkivet - Sök i arkiven". sok.riksarkivet.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 29 July 2021.
- ^ a b c "110-åring i Täby – äldst i länet - Täby kommun". 8 August 2020. Archived from the original on 8 August 2020. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
- ^ "Äldreminister Åsa Regnér (S) på besök i Täby". www.mitti.se (in Swedish). 24 January 2018. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
- ^ "Äldst i Blekinge – firar 107 år med jordgubbar". www.expressen.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 29 July 2021.
- Women supercentenarians
- Living people
- 1910 births
- Swedish supercentenarians
- 21st-century Swedish women
- 20th-century Swedish women
- Oldest people
- People from Stockholm