Mr. Dumitru Curta of Kalarne, Jämtland County (SWE) sadly passed away on 1 January 2025, aged 108 years and 67 days.
He was the Oldest known Living Man in Nordic Countries.
He was born on 26 October 1916 in Romania.
https://www.op.se/2025-01-09/108-arige-dumitru-curta-i-kalarne-har-avlidit/
https://www.ratsit.se/19161026-Dumitru_Curta_Kalarne/YfieN41ktec62xU7mYhsHlZv4Pj8Nwn0c17K6Xw8Mf0
Rest in peace.
http://www.supercentenariditalia.it/persone-viventi-piu-longeve-in-italia.
Persone viventi più longeve in Italia – Supercentenari d'Italia (supercentenariditalia.it)
Dumitru Curta was the oldest man living in Sweden since 22 Nov 2023 (1 year, 40 days), the longest time since Pawel Frydman (5 Oct 2020-2 Sept 2023) who spent 2 yrs, 332 days in this position (only one person between Pawel and Frydman was considered the oldest man in Sweden) He is the youngest to die in this position since Goesta Berggren, who died at 106 years, 121 days on 5 Oct 2020 (2 men between Pawel and Dumitru were the oldest men in the country), he is the 2nd man from Jamtland to be the oldest in the country (only Nikolaus Henriksson died on 5 July 1993) had been the oldest man from this region He is the 17th oldest man in Swedish history, his successor Rafael Södergrann is the 33rd He was the oldest in the Nordic countries since 23 July 2024 (162 days), the shortest time since Hjalmar Gregersen (NOR), who held the post from 24 July 2019 to 19 Aug 2019 (26 days) (there were two men in between), he is the youngest to die in this post since Nils Fritiof (SWE) who died on 8 Dec 2010 at 108 years, 36 days (9 men have since held the post), he was the first immigrant to hold this position, and the 19th oldest resident of Sweden in the region (the first since Carl Mattsson, who died on 24 July 2019), 3 men have held the post since then
RIP