Norwegian supercentenarians are citizens, residents or emigrants from
Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the ...
who have attained or surpassed 110 years of age. The
Gerontology Research Group
The Gerontology Research Group (GRG) based in Los Angeles, California, USA, is a global social science organization of researchers in various fields of gerontology, primarily concerned with verifying and recording supercentenarians status (peop ...
(GRG) has validated the longevity claims of 17 Norwegian
supercentenarians, including 12 residents and 5 emigrants.
The oldest known Norwegian person was Maren Bolette Torp, who died in 1989, aged 112 years, 61 days.
The oldest Norwegian man ever was
, credited for introducing
cross-country skiing to Canada and North America,
who lived 111 years, 204 days between 1875 and 1987.
Oldest Norwegian people ever
The list including known and validated supercentenarians who died before 2015 was compiled by the
Gerontology Research Group
The Gerontology Research Group (GRG) based in Los Angeles, California, USA, is a global social science organization of researchers in various fields of gerontology, primarily concerned with verifying and recording supercentenarians status (peop ...
(GRG).
Later cases were sourced either from more recent GRG data,
from administrative reports or from press coverage, as indicated in the table.
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Norwegian
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supercentenarians
A supercentenarian (sometimes hyphenated as super-centenarian) is a person who has reached the age of 110 years. This age is achieved by about one in 1,000 centenarians. Supercentenarians typically live a life free of major age-related diseases u ...