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Revision as of 17:18, 7 May 2020

This is a list of verified Finnish supercentenarians (people from Finland who have attained the age of at least 110 years). Those listed as 'validated' have been validated by an international body that specifically deals in longevity research, such as the Gerontology Research Group. Those listed as 'pending' have provided at least one document supporting the claimed age but not the three necessary for validation. Those that are 'unvalidated' have provided no documents to support the age claimed.
There have been seven validated supercentenarians from Finland. The oldest person ever from Finland was Lempi Maria Rothovius, who died in 2000, aged 112 years, 259 days. The oldest man ever from Finland was Aarne Arvonen, who died in 2009, aged 111 years, 150 days. The oldest emigrant ever from Finland was Suoma Korkee, who died in 1998, aged 112 years, 77 days. As of 28 March 2024, there are no validated (but one unvalidated) living supercentenarians in Finland.
All Finnish supercentenarians were born in a time when Finland was an autonomous state of the Russian Empire.

Finnish supercentenarians

      Deceased (validated)       Disputed (validated)       Pending       Unvalidated

Region or country of
Rank Name Sex Birth Death Age birth death
1 Maria Rothovius F 2 Oct 1887 17 Jun 2000 112 years, 259 days Uusimaa Pirkanmaa
2 Hilda Haekkinen F 18 Mar 1894 31 Dec 2005 111 years, 288 days Southern Ostrobothnia Southern Ostrobothnia
Selma Tuominen F 19 July 1903 12 Apr 2015 111 years, 267 days Southwest Finland Southwest Finland
3 Aarne Arvonen M 4 Aug 1897 1 Jan 2009 111 years, 150 days Uusimaa Uusimaa
4 Fanny Nystrom F 30 Sep 1878 31 Aug 1989 110 years, 335 days Southwest Finland Southwest Finland
Saara Ahonen F 24 Nov 1909 Living 114 years, 124 days Pirkanmaa Tavastia Proper
Helfrid Eriksson F 23 Jun 1908 23 Oct 2018 110 years, 122 days Uusimaa Ostrobothnia
5 Anna Hagman F 27 Dec 1895 18 Apr 2006 110 years, 112 days Aland Islands (Finland)ALA,FinlandFIN Aland Islands (Finland)ALA,FinlandFIN
6 Andrei Kuznetsoff M 17 Oct 1873 31 Jan 1984 110 years, 106 days RussiaRUS Southern Savonia
7 Elsa Tilkanen F 26 Sep 1896 5 Dec 2006 110 years, 70 days Southwest Finland Southwest Finland
Helvi Karki F 7 Dec 1906 23 Jan 2017 110 years, 47 days Pirkanmaa Tavastia Proper

a^ Kuznetsoff was born in a part of the Russian Empire, which is now located in Russia.

Questionable cases

Region or country of
Rank Name Sex Birth Death Age birth death
Ulla Asikainen [1] F 10 Feb 1797? 17 Feb 1911 114 years, 7 days Southern Savonia Southern Savonia
Helena Berg F 6 June 1850? 10 Mar 1962 111 years, 277 days UkraineUKR (then Crimea) Northern Savonia

Finnish emigrant supercentenarians

Rank Name Sex Birth Death Age Birth place Country
Suoma Korkee F 30 May 1886 15 Aug 1998 112 years, 77 days Satakunta United StatesUSA

Chronological list of the oldest living person in Finland since 1952

      Deceased (Validated) / Under 110       Living       Unvalidated

From To Name Sex Age when
oldest
Lifespan Region of death
1951 21 Mar 1952
(81+ days)
Alexander von Stahl M ? – 101 12 Oct 1851 – 21 Mar 1952
101 years, 161 days
Uusimaa
21 Mar 1952 10 Apr 1955
(3 yrs, 20 days)
Olivia Rosvall F 101 – 104 21 Mar 1851 – 10 Apr 1955
104 years, 20 days
Central Finland
10 Apr 1955 14 Apr 1955
(4 days)
Kajsa Forsstrom F 103 13 Dec 1851 – 14 Apr 1955
103 years, 122 days
Ostrobothnia
14 Apr 1955 1958
(2 yrs, 262+ days)
Unidentified F 100/1–103 1854 – 1958
103 years, 1 days+
?
1958 3 Mar 1960
(1 yr, 63+ days)
Maria Pekuri F 102/3–104 16 June 1855 – 3 Mar 1960
104 years, 261 days
North Ostrobothnia
3 Mar 1960 9 Apr 1962
(2 yrs, 37 days)
Ines Achren F 102–104 16 Jan 1858 – 9 Apr 1962
104 years, 83 days
Pirkanmaa
9 Apr 1962 1 Aug 1963
(1 yr, 114 days)
Olga Toivonen F 102–104 20 May 1859 – 1 Aug 1963
104 years, 73 days
Southwest Finland
1 Aug 1963 7 Aug 1963
(6 days)
Elina Peurala F 102 27 Mar 1861 – 7 Aug 1963
102 years, 133 days
Ostrobothnia
7 Aug 1963 4 Nov 1968
(5 yrs, 89 days)
Aleksandra Lindroos F 101–107 27 Sept 1861 – 4 Nov 1968
107 years, 38 days
Pirkanmaa
4 Nov 1968 19 July 1969
(257 days)
Elisabeth Rantamaki F 103–104 c.6 Dec 1864 – 19 July 1969
c.104 years, 225 days
South Ostrobothnia
19 July 1969 Jan/Sept 1970
(166+ days)
Liisa Strellman F 103–104 5 Sept 1865 – Jan/Sept 1970
104 years, 118 days+
Uusimaa
 Jan/Sept 1970 24 Mar 1975
(4 yrs, 200+ days)
Amalia Wallenius F 102/3–107 6 Aug 1867 – 24 Mar 1975
107 years, 230 days
Uusimaa
24 Mar 1975 3 June 1976
(1 yr, 69 days)
Ida Saarinen F 104–105 18 Dec 1870 – 3 June 1976
105 years, 168 days
Uusimaa
3 June 1976 27 Oct 1978
(2 yrs, 146 days)
Maria Valimaki F 102–105 20 July 1873 – 27 Oct 1978
105 years, 99 days
Uusimaa
27 Oct 1978 4 Mar 1979
(128 days)
Maria Kumlander F 104–105 28 Feb 1874 – 4 Mar 1979
105 years, 4 days
Southwest Finland
4 Mar 1979 20 Jan 1983
(3 yrs, 322 days)
Amanda Riihela F 103–107 5 Mar 1875 – 20 Jan 1983
107 years, 321 days
South Karelia
20 Jan 1983 17 Sept 1985
(2 yrs, 240 days)
Mathilda Honka F 105–108 23 Feb 1877 – 17 Sep 1985
108 years, 206 days
Southwest Finland
17 Sep 1985 31 Aug 1989
(3 yrs, 349 days)
Fanny Nystrom F 106–110 30 Sep 1878 – 31 Aug 1989
110 years, 335 days
Southwest Finland
31 Aug 1989 28 Apr 1990
(240 days)
Ida Virenius F 108–109 7 Apr 1881 – 28 Apr 1990
109 years, 21 days
Uusimaa
28 Apr 1990 15 Feb 1991
(293 days)
Klaara Tyyniaho F 105–106 5 May 1884 – 15 Feb 1991
106 years, 286 days
North Ostrobothnia
15 Feb 1991 21 Nov 1994
(3 yrs, 279 days)
Amanda Moksi F 105–109 21 Mar 1885 – 21 Nov 1994
109 years, 248 days
Central Finland
21 Nov 1994 17 June 2000
(5 yrs, 209 days)
Maria Rothovius F 107–112 2 Oct 1887 – 17 June 2000
112 years, 259 days
Pirkanmaa
17 June 2000 3 Nov 2000
(139 days)
Hedvig Göhle F 107 4 May 1893 – 3 Nov 2000
107 years, 183 days
Uusimaa
3 Nov 2000 31 Dec 2005
(5 yrs, 58 days)
Hilda Hakkinen F 106–111 18 Mar 1894 – 31 Dec 2005
111 years, 288 days
South Ostrobothnia
31 Dec 2005 18 Apr 2006
(108 days)
Anna Hagman F 110 27 Dec 1895 – 18 Apr 2006
110 years, 112 days
Aland Islands (Finland)ALA,FinlandFIN
18 Apr 2006 5 Dec 2006
(231 days)
Elsa Tilkanen F 109–110 26 Sept 1896 – 5 Dec 2006
110 years, 70 days
Southwest Finland
5 Dec 2006 1 Jan 2009
(2 yrs, 27 days)
Aarne Arvonen M 109–111 4 Aug 1897 – 1 Jan 2009
111 years, 150 days
Uusimaa
1 Jan 2009 10 Oct 2009
(282 days)
Viljo Kekola M 107–108 1 Apr 1901 – 10 Oct 2009
108 years, 192 days
South Ostrobothnia
10 Oct 2009 28 Feb 2010
(141 days)
Jussi Leskinen M 108 1 May 1901 – 28 Feb 2010
108 years, 303 days
Southern Savonia
28 Feb 2010 12 Apr 2015
(5 yrs, 43 days)
Selma Tuominen F 106–111 19 July 1903 – c.12 Apr 2015
c.111 years, 267 days
Southwest Finland
12 Apr 2015 23 Jan 2017
(1 yr, 286 days)
Helvi Karki [2] F 108–110 7 Dec 1906 – 23 Jan 2017
110 years, 47 days
Tavastia Proper
23 Jan 2017 23 Oct 2018
(1 yr, 273 days)
Helfrid Eriksson[3] F 108–110 23 June 1908 - 23 Oct 2018
110 years, 122 days
Ostrobothnia
23 Oct 2018 Present
5 years, 156 days
Saara Ahonen F 108–110* Born 24 Nov 1909
114 years, 124 days
Living in
Tavastia Proper

Chronological list of the oldest living man in Finland since 2000

      Deceased (Validated) / Under 110       Living

From To Name Age when
oldest
Lifespan Region of death
? 17 June 2000 Antti Kämäräinen ? –105 16 May 1895 – 17 June 2000
105 years, 32 days
Northern Savonia
17 June 2000 2001
(198+ days)
Efraim Uusi-Kauppila 104–105 20 Dec 1895 – 2001
105 years, 12+ days
Southern Ostrobothnia
2001 16 Aug 2005
(3 yrs, 239+ days)
Väinö Hanhijoki 104/105–109 6 June 1896 – 16 Aug 2005
109 years, 71 days
Pirkanmaa
16 Aug 2005 1 Jan 2009
(3 yrs, 138 days)
Aarne Arvonen 108–111 4 Aug 1897 – 1 Jan 2009
111 years, 150 days
Uusimaa
1 Jan 2009 10 Oct 2009
(282 days)
Viljo Kekola 107–108 1 Apr 1901 – 10 Oct 2009
108 years, 192 days
Southern Ostrobothnia
10 Oct 2009 28 Feb 2010
(141 days)
Jussi Leskinen 108 1 May 1901 – 28 Feb 2010
108 years, 303 days
Southern Savonia
28 Feb 2010 18 Feb 2012
(1 yr, 355 days)
Vilho Mäenpää 104–106 25 June 1905 – 18 Feb 2012
106 years, 238 days
Uusimaa
18 Feb 2012 2 Sept 2014
(2 yrs, 196 days)
Ragnar Lindholm 105–108 24 July 1906 – 2 Sept 2014
108 years, 40 days
Uusimaa
2 Sept 2014 3 Apr 2016
(1 yr, 214 days)
Toivo Rantala[4] 106–107 25 May 1908 – 3 Apr 2016
107 years, 314 days
Kymenlaakso
3 Apr 2016 27 Aug 2016
(146 days)
Harry Holtti 106–107 11 Apr 1909 – 27 Aug 2016
107 years, 138 days
Ostrobothnia
27 Aug 2016 14 Oct 2017
(1 yr, 48 days)
Kalle Rahomaki 105–106 27 Jan 1911 – 14 Oct 2017
106 years, 260 days
Uusimaa
14 Oct 2017 25 Oct 2018
(1 yr, 11 days)
Otto Auloste 105–106 4 Nov 1911 – 25 Oct 2018
106 years, 355 days
Pirkanmaa
25 Oct 2018 Present
5 years, 154 days
Vaino Loisa 106–107* Born 26 July 1912
111 years, 245 days
Living in
South Karelia

Oldest known person ever by region of death/residence

      Validated / Under 110       Living       Unvalidated       Disputed

County Name Sex Birth Death Age
Åland Islands Anna Hagman F 27 Dec 1895 26 Apr 2006 110 years, 112 days
Central Finland Amanda Moksi F 21 Mar 1885 21 Nov 1994 109 years, 245 days
Kainuu Anni Väisänen F 29 Sept 1905 6 Dec 2010 105 years, 68 days
North Karelia Aune Pussinen F 25 Mar 1911 Living 113 years, 3 days
South Karelia Unidentified F 1896 2005 108 years, 1+ days
Kymenlaakso Toivo Rantala M 25 May 1908 3 Apr 2016 107 years, 314 days
Lapland Alma Kunnari F 21 May 1891 31 Mar 1999 107 years, 314 days
Central Ostrobothnia Aino Läspä F 18 Aug 1897 10 July 2007 109 years, 326 days
North Ostrobothnia Jenni Nummijärvi F 30 Oct 1911 9 Jan 2020 108 years, 71 days
Ostrobothnia Helfrid Eriksson F 23 June 1908 23 Oct 2018 110 years, 122 days
South Ostrobothnia Hilda Hakkinen F 18 Mar 1894 31 Dec 2005 111 years, 288 days
Paijanne-Tavastia Ida Dalholm F 1 Sept 1886 3 Apr 1994 107 years, 214 days
Pirkanmaa Maria Rothovius F 2 Oct 1887 17 June 2000 112 years, 259 days
Satakunta Tyyne Hinkkala F 31 Oct 1908 18 July 2018 109 years, 260 days
Northern Savonia 106 years
Southern Savonia Andrei Kuznetsoff M 17 Oct 1873 31 Jan 1984 110 years, 106 days
Southwest Finland Selma Tuominen F 19 July 1903 c.12 Apr 2015 c.111 years, 267 days
Tavastia Proper Saara Ahonen F 24 Nov 1909 Living 114 years, 124 days
Uusimaa Aarne Arvonen M 4 Aug 1897 1 Jan 2009 111 years, 150 days

References

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