Ms. Gunborg Hancock of Stockholm, Stockholm c., (SWE) sadly passed away on 16 October 2024, aged 112 years and 179 days.
She was born on 20 April 1912 in Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland.
She was the OLP in Sweden and in all Nordic Countries.
She is the 2nd Oldest Person ever lived in Sweden behind Ms. Zachrison (113).
She has been the oldest living person in Sweden since the death of 112 year old Flarid Lagerlund on 9 April 2022. A few months later, on 18 July 2022, she became the oldest living person in the Nordic countries following the death of Finland’s Astrid Qvist.
RIP Ms. Hancock.
http://www.supercentenariditalia.it/persone-viventi-piu-longeve-in-italia.
Persone viventi più longeve in Italia – Supercentenari d'Italia (supercentenariditalia.it)
Rest in peace, Gunborg Hancock.
ESO Correspondent for Hungary (since 2020)
GRG Correspondent for Hungary (2020-2023)
Tracker and researcher of Hungarian and other Central European (super)centenarians (since 2016)
Enthusiast of extreme longevity (since childhood)
She was the oldest living Finnish emigrant, now that position passes to Rafael Södergrann born on 3 Dec 1917 in Ostrobothnia and living in Sweden, 15th oldest living person in Europe, oldest living person born in Finland (now Helena Honkanen born on 20 Feb 1917 in Uusimaa where she lives) and living in Sweden (now Agnes Bostrom born on 29 Apr 1912 in Vasternorrland, where she lives), she is the 2nd oldest person in Swedish history (only Astrid Zachrison, who died on 15 May 2008 at the age of 113 surpassed her), she was the oldest in Sweden since 9 Apr 2022 (2 yrs, 190 days), shortest time since Carl Mattsson (28 Mar 2018-24 July 2019, 1 yr, 118 days), was the 14th oldest person in Sweden. Stockholmer to be considered the oldest in the country, the 2nd in a row. She is the 4th oldest person in Nordic history, she was the oldest in the Nordic countries since 18 July 2022 (2 years 90 days), the longest time since Astrid Zachrison (31 Dec 2005-15 May 2008, 2 years, 136 days) She is the oldest Nordic since Karla Lindholm Jensen (DEN) who died at 112 years, 217 days on 10 Dec 2020, 24th Swedish to be the oldest in the Nordic countries the first after Flarid Lagerlund, who died on 9 Apr 2022, she is the oldest emigrant in the history of Finland, 59th oldest emigrant of all time, She is the 168th oldest person in the history of Europe and the 49th oldest living person
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