List of Finnish supercentenarians
This is a list of Finnish supercentenarians (people from Finland who have attained the age of at least 110 years). There have been 7 verified supercentenarians from Finland.[1] The oldest person ever from Finland was Maria Rothovius, who died in 2000, aged 112 years 259 days.[2]
All Finnish supercentenarians were born at a time when Finland was an autonomous state of the Russian Empire.
Oldest Finnish people ever[edit]
Deceased
Living
†^ denotes age at death, or, if living, age as of 3 February 2019.
| Rank | Name | Sex | Birth date | Death date | Age | Region or country of birth | Region of death |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maria Rothovius[2] | F | 2 October 1887 | 17 June 2000 | 112 years, 259 days | Uusimaa | Pirkanmaa |
| 2 | Hilda Häkkinen[2] | F | 18 February 1894 | 31 December 2005 | 111 years, 316 days | South Ostrobothnia | South Ostrobothnia |
| 3 | Selma Tuominen[3] | F | 19 July 1903 | 12 April 2015 | 111 years, 267 days | Southwest Finland | Southwest Finland |
| 4 | Aarne Arvonen[4] | M | 4 August 1897 | 1 January 2009 | 111 years, 150 days | Uusimaa | Uusimaa |
| 5 | Fanny Nyström[2] | F | 30 September 1878 | 31 August 1989 | 110 years, 335 days | Southwest Finland | Southwest Finland |
| 6 | Helfrid Eriksson[5] | F | 23 June 1908 | 23 October 2018 | 110 years, 122 days | Uusimaa | Ostrobothnia |
| 7 | Anna Hagman[2] | F | 27 December 1895 | 18 April 2006 | 110 years, 112 days | Åland Islands | Åland Islands |
| 8 | Andrei Kuznetsov (Father Akaki)[2] |
M | 17 October 1873 | 31 January 1984 | 110 years, 106 days | Arkhangelsk, Russia[a] | Southern Savonia |
| 9 | Elsa Tilkanen[2] | F | 26 September 1896 | 5 December 2006 | 110 years, 70 days | Southwest Finland | Southwest Finland |
| 10 | Helvi Kärki[6] | F | 7 December 1906 | 23 January 2017 | 110 years, 47 days | Pirkanmaa | Tavastia Proper |
- ^ Kuznetsov was born in the Arkhangelsk Governorate of the Russian Empire, now part of Russia
Biographies[edit]
Aarne Arvonen[edit]
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Aarne Armas "Arska" Arvonen (4 August 1897 – 1 January 2009[7]) was a Finnish supercentenarian who lived for 111 years and 150 days. He became the last known living Finn to have been born in the 1800s, a time when Finland was still an autonomous part of the Russian Empire.[7]
Born in Helsinki, Arvonen served for the Red Guard in the Finnish Civil War of 1918, and later became its last surviving veteran. After the war he spent a year at the Tammisaari prison camp.[8] He married Sylvi Emilia Salonen and had two daughters, Irma and Paula. They lived in the Kallio district of Helsinki. At this time Arvonen was a smoker. When his wife died in 1938, he moved to Järvenpää. In the summer of 2005, Arvonen was still living in a house he had built himself.[citation needed] Eventually he moved into the Vanhankylänniemi rest home.[9]
Arvonen had been interested in astronomy since his childhood. In 1921 he became a founding member of the Finnish amateur astronomy association Ursa, and his membership lasted nearly 87 years. He visited London when he turned 100 in 1997. He celebrated his 111th birthday in 2008 with his family, but skipped his yearly trip to the local McArthur pub.[10]
References[edit]
- ^ GRG Validated Living Supercentenarians As of September 10, 2014. Archived February 24, 2001, at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 9 January 2015. The Gerontology Research Group (GRG) lists persons as living whose age has been validated and who have been confirmed to be alive within the past year.
- ^ a b c d e f g GRG VERIFIED SUPERCENTENARIAN CASES -- LISTED CHRONOLOGICALLY BY DEATH DATE as of April 28, 2007. Retrieved 27 July 2011.
- ^ "Turkulainen: Suomen vanhin ihminen kuoli" [Turkulainen: Finland's oldest person died]. Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). 14 April 2015. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
- ^ GRG Deaths for 2009 (in Chronological Order) (as of December 24, 2010). Retrieved 27 July 2011.
- ^ Mattila, Sanni (24 October 2018). "Suomen vanhin ihminen Helfrid Eriksson on kuollut 110-vuotiaana" [Oldest person in Finland, Helfrid Eriksson, has died age 110]. Iltalehti (in Finnish). Retrieved 16 December 2018.
- ^ Vuorio, Jukka (24 January 2017). "Suomen vanhin ihminen Helvi Kärki kuoli 110 vuoden iässä" [Finland's oldest person, Helvi Kärki, dies at 110]. Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). Retrieved 16 December 2018.
- ^ a b "Suomen viimeinen 1800-luvulla syntynyt kuoli - HS.fi - Kotimaa". 28 April 2014. Archived from the original on 28 April 2014. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
- ^ "At age 105, Aarne Arvonen still knows how to enjoy life" Helsingin Sanomat International Edition, 6 August 2002. Retrieved 19 December 2016.
- ^ "Suomi - Uutiset - Ilta-Sanomat". 27 September 2007. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
- ^ "Finland's oldest person turns 111 years old". 12 February 2012. Archived from the original on 12 February 2012. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
