Maria Eriksson (supercentenarian)

Maria Emilia Eriksson (27 March 1900 – 10 January 2011) 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.^[1][2]

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 Grillby until her death in 2011.^[3] She is the daughter of Karl Johan Karlsson (born 1874) and Karolina Emilia Johansson (born 1874).

See also

• List of Swedish supercentenarians
• List of verified supercentenarians who died in 2011

References

• Sveriges befolkning 1970, (CD-ROM version 1.04) Sveriges Släktforskarförbund 2003
• Sveriges befolkning 1900, (CD-ROM, version 1.02, databasdatum 2006-08-25) Sveriges Släktforskarförbund 2006

1. ^ Aftonbladet 28/3 2010 (in swedish)
2. ^ Gerontology Research Group
3. ^ Maria är 110 år, Uppsala Nya Tidning (in swedish)

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Name	Eriksson, Maria
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Date of birth	27 March 1900
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Date of death	10 January 2011
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