Johanne Svensson

Johanne Svensson (January 24, 1892 - May 29, 2003) was a Danish-Swedish supercentenarian. She was born in the Danish city Århus. She worked as a teacher back in Denmark. Johanne was 47 years old when she move to Sweden. The reason was this was that she met a Swedish carpenter named Axel Svensson in 1938 and married him the next year.

They never had any children together. Johanne learned to swim when she was 87 years old. She credited her longevity to good genes, eating lots of fruit and never smoking.

She travelled frequently and had been in countries such as Egypt, Israel, Sovjet and Holland. She became a widow in 1963. Svensson died on May 29, 2003, at the age of 111 years, 125 days.