Borghild Nilsen

Borghild Marie Nilsen, (Dec. 2, 1893 - Mar. 3, 2004) - validated Norwegian supercentenarian.

Borghild Nilsen was born in Hegna i Mælum, Telemark, Norway on December 2, 1893. Her parents, Jacob Thomassen, born in Lunde in Telemark in 1871 or 1872 and Karen Isaksdatter, born in Solum in 1868, were farmers. The father went to America in 1906, and she never saw nor heard from him again ever since. Her mother died in 1913, when she was only nineteen years old. In 1924 Borghildtraveled to Vestfold and worked as a maid at Spetalen farm, in the then in Tjolling municipality. She married Nils Kristian Nilsen (1884-1965).

On Dec. 2, 2003, Borghild Nilsen celebrated her 110th birthday. She died in Tjølling in Larvik on 3 March 2004, 110 years and 92 days old. She was the oldest person in Norway after Harriet Holm until her own passing.