List of Danish supercentenarians
People from Denmark who have attained or surpassed the age of 110 years
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This list comprises Danish supercentenarians (people from Denmark who have attained the age of at least 110 years), according to the Gerontology Research Group (GRG). The oldest Dane is Christian Mortensen, who emigrated to the United States in 1903, where he died on 25 April 1998, aged 115 years, 252 days. The oldest person to be born and die in Denmark is Karla Lindholm Jensen, who died on 10 December 2020, aged 112 years, 217 days.
Danish supercentenarians
Deceased Living
| Rank | Name | Sex | Birth date | Death date | Age | Birthplace | Place of death or residence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Christian Mortensen[1] | M |
16 August 1882 | 25 April 1998 | 115 years, 252 days | Central Jutland | United States |
| 2 | Ursula Krigger[2] | F |
22 April 1902 | 10 September 2015 | 113 years, 141 days | Danish West Indies | U.S. Virgin Islands[a] |
| 3 | Karla Lindholm Jensen[3] | F |
7 May 1908 | 10 December 2020 | 112 years, 217 days | Central Jutland | Central Jutland |
| 4 | Kirsten Schwalbe[4] | F |
10 March 1914 | Living | 112 years, 3 days | Central Jutland | Central Jutland |
| 5 | Ellen Adelaide Brandenborg[5] | F |
7 January 1906 | 22 July 2017[6] | 111 years, 196 days | North Jutland | Central Jutland |
| 6 | Johanne Svensson[1] | F |
24 January 1892 | 29 May 2003 | 111 years, 125 days | Central Jutland | Sweden |
| 7 | Anne Matthiesen[1] | F |
26 November 1884 | 19 March 1996 | 111 years, 114 days | North Schleswig, Prussia | South Denmark[b] |
| 8 | Karen Jespersen[1] | F |
5 May 1889 | 4 August 2000 | 111 years, 91 days | Central Jutland | Central Jutland |
| 9 | Anna Nielsen[7] | F |
2 April 1904 | 19 June 2015 | 111 years, 78 days | North Jutland | Canada |
| 10 | Karen Faurschou Egestad[8][9] | F |
14 September 1908 | 16 May 2019[10] | 110 years, 244 days | Central Jutland | Central Jutland |
| 11 | Marie Jensen[11] | F |
5 June 1904 | 30 January 2015 | 110 years, 239 days | Central Jutland | Central Jutland |
| 12 | Karen Rigmor Moritz[12] | F |
15 August 1913 | 4 April 2024[13] | 110 years, 233 days | North Jutland | North Jutland |
| 13 | Bertha Wallin[1] | F |
13 January 1874 | 5 August 1984 | 110 years, 205 days | Central Jutland | United States |
| 14 | Signe Højer[14] | F |
1 November 1905 | 18 March 2016 | 110 years, 138 days | North Jutland | Central Jutland |
| 15 | Agnes Steenstrup[15][16] | F |
24 November 1903 | 1 March 2014 | 110 years, 97 days | Capital Region | Capital Region |
| 16 | Jens Peter Westergaard[17] | M |
26 April 1914 | 23 July 2024[18] | 110 years, 88 days | South Denmark | South Denmark |
| 17 | Gerda Muff[19] | F |
16 March 1906 | 29 April 2016 | 110 years, 44 days | Zealand | Zealand |
| 18 | Ulla Lund[20] | F |
25 July 1907 | 23 August 2017 | 110 years, 29 days | Central Jutland | United States |
Notes
- Denmark sold its Caribbean islands to the United States in 1917.
- Southern Jutland was conquered by Prussia in 1864 and its northern part was reunited with Denmark in 1920.