OLP in Aland Islands (FIN) - Nordic Countries

RE: OLP in Aland Islands (FIN)

diego — Fri, 29 May 2026 19:11:43 +0000

It seems that Lula Wikström passed away on March 28, 2026, becoming the 24th oldest person in the history of Åland. I couldn't find a source, but I believe it's true because the person who altered the information was @apoyta, and he is very reliable, so the source can be kept confidential.
With this, the oldest woman living in Åland is now Helena Larson, born on June 12, 1924.

RE: OLP in Aland Islands (FIN)

diego — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 02:36:27 +0000

Vernette Livén is the 5th oldest person in the history of this island.
Runar Blomsterlund is the 10th oldest person in the history of the island.
Ulla Wikström is the 27th oldest person in the history of the island.
Vernette Livén was the oldest living person on the Åland Islands for 1 year and 5 days (since December 17, 2024), the shortest time since Sigurd Ingves (20 days from May 25, 2021 - June 14, 2021).
She died at 104 years and 73 days, the youngest in that position since Sigurd Ingves, who died at 101 years and 280 days.
She is the 3rd person from Jomala to be considered the oldest in that location, the first since Alf Fagerlund, who died on October 17, 2017.

RE: OLP in Aland Islands (FIN)

musicotic — Wed, 31 Dec 2025 06:05:02 +0000

@robbie Not sure about rates, but I collected a list of almost 80 centenarians (plus another 80 nonagerians). OLP there is almost always over 100 years old since the 1980s (there are two brief instances of younger doyennes, but this is probably the result of incomplete data). 7 cases over 105. I foolishly never used Scotlands People, which I was aware of but somehow never thought of, at the time.

RE: OLP in Aland Islands (FIN)

Robin — Wed, 31 Dec 2025 03:06:55 +0000

@chrisr I once researched the Shetland Islands and there were a surprising amount of centenarians from there.

I'd be curious to know what you found! From my experience the rates of centenarians in Shetland have broadly aligned with Scotland at large.

RE: OLP in Aland Islands (FIN)

musicotic — Wed, 31 Dec 2025 01:49:19 +0000

@chrisr I once researched the Shetland Islands and there were a surprising amount of centenarians from there.

RE: OLP in Aland Islands (FIN)

ChrisR — Wed, 31 Dec 2025 01:05:05 +0000

Good to see this small population is producing a few centenarians.

RE: OLP in Aland Islands (FIN)

apoyta — Tue, 30 Dec 2025 19:34:44 +0000

Vernette Livén passed away on 22 December 2025. (Source: Ålandstidningen 30.12.2025 p. 11)

Runar Blomsterlund (b. 8 May 1922) is now the oldest living person in Åland. The oldest living woman in Åland is Ulla Wikström (b. 10 Oct 1923).

RE: OLP in Aland Islands (FIN)

diego — Sat, 01 Feb 2025 03:24:03 +0000

Snöfrid Öfverström is the 4th oldest person in the country
Vernette Livén is the 12th oldest person in the country's history
Snöfrid Öfverström was the oldest person in the Åland Islands since 14 June 2021 (3 yrs, 186 days), the longest time in the position since Anna Hagman who was between 2 Nov 1997 and 18 Apr 2006 (8 years, 167 days), Snöfrid died at 104 years, 187 days, the oldest since Helen Hammarberg who died at 104 years, 272 days on 21 Aug 2020
She is the 9th person from Mariehamn to be the oldest in the country, the first since Elena Jansson (died on 25 Jan 2021), only one person after her was the oldest in the country before Snöfrid

RE: OLP in Aland Islands (FIN)

apoyta — Thu, 02 Jan 2025 15:42:04 +0000

Snöfrid Öfverström passed away on 17 December 2024 at the age of 104 years, 187 days. (Source: Ålandstidningen 27.12.2024 p.13)

The new OLP in Åland is Vernette Livén from Jomala, born on 11 October 1921.

OLP in Aland Islands (FIN)

diego — Fri, 21 Apr 2023 00:13:21 +0000

Derrick Nilsson died,he was the oldest man living in the Aland Islands,born on 20/Jun/1921 in Tenala in Finland and died on 1/Mar/2023 in Eckerö,now the oldest man in the Aland Islands is Runar Blomsterlund born on 8/May/1922

Carl Derrick Nilsson (1921 - 2023) - Genealogy (geni.com)

The oldest person living in the Aland Islands is Snöfrid Öfverström born on 13/Jun/1920 living in Mariehamn,and the oldest person born in the country still alive lives in Finland in Helsinki and is Gunnel Stenback born on 21/Sep/1914 in Lumparland