Ruth Engstrom | |
Birth: | 23 September 1902 Nybro, Kalmar County, Sweden |
Death: | 2 December 2013 Stockholm, Sweden |
Age: | 111 years, 70 days |
Country: | SWE |
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
- Gerontology Research Group
- Hon blev änka – för 46 år sen. (Ruth Engström, 109, är äldst i Sverige) Aftonbladet
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