Maria Eriksson (supercentenarian)
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Maria Emilia Eriksson in Sigtuna
, Uppsala county was a Swedish supercentenarian
and, since the death of Rut Mikaelsson on 24 August 2009, the country's oldest living person.
until her death in 2011. She is the daughter of Karl Johan Karlsson (born 1874) and Karolina Emilia Johansson (born 1874).
Sigtuna
Sigtuna is a locality situated in Sigtuna Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden with 18 inhabitants in 2005. It is the namesake of the municipality even though the seat is in Märsta....
, Uppsala county was a Swedish supercentenarian
Supercentenarian
A supercentenarian is someone who has reached the age of 110 years. This age is achieved by about one in a thousand centenarians....
and, since the death of Rut Mikaelsson on 24 August 2009, the country's oldest living person.
Biography
Maria Eriksson lived her first years on a farm in Sigtuna. At age 32, she married Axel Eriksson. The couple never had any children and the husband died in 1970. Since 1992, Eriksson has lived in a retirement home in GrillbyGrillby
Grillby is a locality situated in Enköping Municipality, Uppsala County, Sweden with 1,001 inhabitants in 2005....
until her death in 2011. She is the daughter of Karl Johan Karlsson (born 1874) and Karolina Emilia Johansson (born 1874).