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Gulli Bergendahl
Gulli Bergendahl
Birth: 10 December 1904
Gothenburg, Sweden
Death: 3 February 2015
Gothenburg, Sweden
Age: 110 years, 55 days
Country: SwedenSWE
Unvalidated

Gulli Maria Bergendahl (10 December 1904 – 3 February 2015) was a Swedish supercentenarian who, at the time of her death, was the oldest known living person in Sweden. Her age is currently unvalidated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG).

Biography

Gulli Maria Bergendahl was born in Gothenburg, Sweden on 10 December 1904, as the daughter of Oskar and Maria Nilsson Bergendahl. She grew up in Gothenburg and started working at Alvsborg county's building society in the 1920s and worked there until retiring in 1964.

Bergendahl never married and enjoyed vacationing with her siblings as long as they were still alive.

She became the oldest known living person in Sweden and the oldest Swedish woman alive, following the death of 110-year-old Karin Larsson on 24 May 2014. After the death of Conrad Johnson on 23 December 2014, she became the oldest Swede alive.

Gulli Bergendahl died in Gothenburg, Sweden on 3 February 2015, at the age of 110 years, 55 days. Following her death, 109-year-old Rut Emriksson became the new oldest known living person in Sweden. She was the last known living person in Sweden born at a time when it was a part of Kingdom of Sweden and Norway (dissolved on 7 June 1905).

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Sweden's Oldest Living Person Titleholders (VE)

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 SvenssonAnders Engberg • Elin Antonsson • Astrid Zachrison • Rut Mikaelsson • Maria Eriksson • Ester JohanssonRuth Engstrom • Ellen Vestling • Karin Larsson • Gulli Bergendahl • Rut Emriksson • Ingeborg Damgren • Nanny HalvardssonAlice Ostlund • Carl Mattsson • Flarid Lagerlund • Gunborg Hancock

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