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Rut Emriksson
Birth: 30 December 1905
Emmaboda, Kalmar lan, Sweden
Death: 7 October 2015
Emmaboda, Kalmar lan, Sweden
Age: 109 years, 281 days
Country: SwedenSWE
Centenarian

Rut Emriksson (30 December 1905 – 7 October 2015) was a Swedish centenarian who was the oldest known living person in Sweden at the time of her death.

Biography[]

Rut Emriksson was born in Emmaboda, Kalmar lan, Sweden on 30 December 1905.

She became the oldest known living person in Sweden, following the death of 110-year-old Gulli Bergendahl on 3 February 2015.

Emriksson died in Emmaboda, Kalmar lan, Sweden on 7 October 2015 at the age of 109 years, 281 days.[1] Following her death, 109-year-old Ingeborg Damgren became the oldest known living person in Sweden.

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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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