Helvi Karki

Helvi Kaarina Karki [Finnish: Kärki] (7 December 1906 – 23 January 2017) was a Finnish supercentenarian whose age is currently unvalidated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG). She was the oldest known person in Finland when she died.

Biography
Helvi Karki was born on 7 December 1906 in Erajarvi, Pirkanmaa, Finland. She never married or had children. Religion was very important to her throughout her life. She became the oldest person in Finland on 12 April 2015, aged 108, following the death of 111-year-old Selma Tuominen.

Helvi Karki passed away on 23 January 2017 in Hameenlinna, Tavastia Proper, Finland, at the age of 110 years, 47 days. She was succeeded as Finland's oldest person by 108-year-old Helfrid Eriksson (b. 23 June 1908).