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Ruth Engstrom
Ruth Engstrom
Birth: 23 September 1902
Nybro, Kalmar County, Sweden
Death: 2 December 2013
Stockholm, Sweden
Age: 111 years, 70 days
Country: SwedenSWE
Validated

Ruth Engstrom [Swedish: Rut Engström] (23 September 1902 – 2 December 2013) was a Swedish supercentenarian whose age is validated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG).

Biography

Ruth Engstrom was born in Nybro, Kalmar County, Sweden, on 23 September 1902. She owned a store that sold hats and accessories before marrying Folke Engstrom in the early 1920s. He got a job in a match factory in India, so the couple moved there and lived in Calcutta and Bombay. Altogether, the family stayed there for more than 30 years before returning to Sweden in the early 1950s. Folke died of lung cancer in 1966.

In 2020, Engstrom's son, Stig Engstrom, was named as a suspect in the 1986 assassination of Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme.

After the death of Ester Johansson on 16 October 2011, Engstrom became the oldest known living person in Sweden (though not the oldest known living Swedish-born person as Esther Ecklund of the United States was older).

Ruth Engstrom died on 2 December 2013, at the age of 111 years, 70 days.

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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