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 Flarid Lagerlund in January 2018 at age 107. | |
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Flarid Lagerlund (born 8 February 1910) is a Swedish supercentenarian who is the oldest living person in Sweden.
Biography
Flarid Berta Lagerlund was born in Sweden on 8 February 1910.
Lagerlund's parents emigrated to the United States in the late 19th century. Around the turn of the century they returned to Sweden. She was the fourth child in the family. She attended school for seven years and then worked various different jobs, such as cable manufacturing companies, sewing studios and test kitchens.
At 99, she moved to Täby, Ångaren from Tallkrogen to be closer to her daughter Monica who has lived in Täby for a long time and wanted to have her mother close.
She celebrated her 110th birthday on 8 February 2020 in retirement home in Ångaren, Taby, Stockholm.
Lagerlund has been Sweden's oldest living woman since the death of Ada Persson on 8 March 2019. She became the oldest living person in the Nordic Countries after the death of Karla Lindholm Jensen on 10 December 2020.
On 24 July 2019, Lagerlund became the oldest living person in Sweden after the death of 111-year old Carl Mattsson.
References
- Flarid Berta Lagerlund Ratsit
- Äldreminister Åsa Regnér (S) på besök i Täby Mitt i - Täby, 24 January 2018
- 110-åring i Täby – äldst i länet Täby.se, 10 February 2020
External links
| Sweden's Oldest Living Person Titleholders (V • E) |
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Anna Matilda Johansson • Elin Johansson • Selma Andersson • Clara Hedwin • Anna Wetterhall • Alfred Lagerstrom • Anna Persson • Karl Ljungberg/ Carolina Nilsson • Julia Karlsson • Wilhelmine Sande • Hilda Pettersson • Anna Andersson • Gustava Vikstrom • Ida Johnson • Elfrida Andersson • Alma Klingvall • Alfrida Engblom • Hulda Johansson • Ellen Andreasson • Hilma Rothman • Ellen Johansson • Clara Asberg • Hilda Grahn/ Teresia Lindahl • Elsa Moberg • Jenny Karlsson • Johanne Svensson • Anders Engberg • Elin Antonsson • Astrid Zachrison • Rut Mikaelsson • Maria Eriksson • Ester Johansson • Ruth Engstrom • Ellen Vestling • Karin Larsson • Gulli Bergendahl • Rut Emriksson • Ingeborg Damgren • Nanny Halvardsson • Alice Ostlund • Carl Mattsson • Flarid Lagerlund • Gunborg Hancock |