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Ingeborg Damgren
Ingeborg Damgren
Ingeborg Damgren (aged 109) in 2015, being recognised as the oldest Swedish person alive.
Birth: 7 May 1906
Ovansjo, Sweden
Death: 5 May 2016
Hudiksvall, Sweden
Age: 109 years, 364 days
Country: SwedenSWE
Centenarian

Ingeborg Martina Damgren (née Sundberg; 7 May 1906 – 5 May 2016) also known as "Bojan", was a Swedish centenarian who was the oldest known living person in Sweden from the death of Rut Emriksson on 7 October 2015 until her own death just under 7 months later.

Biography

Ingeborg Damgren was born as Ingeborg Martina Sundberg in Ovansjo, Sweden, on 7 May 1906. She was one of four children born to trade manager Per Olof Sundberg and Ulrika Sundin. She had a son, who was born in 1939 and died in 1997.

Ingeborg Damgren died in Hudiksvall, Gavleborg, Sweden on 5 May 2016, two days before what would have been her 110th birthday. Her funeral was held on 3 June 2016.

References


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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