List of Danish supercentenarians


This list comprises Danish supercentenarians, according to the Gerontology Research Group. 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

RankNameSexBirth dateDeath dateAgeBirthplacePlace of death
or residence
1Christian MortensenM16 August 188225 April 1998Central JutlandUnited States
2Ursula KriggerF22 April 190210 September 2015Danish West IndiesU.S. Virgin Islands
3Karla Lindholm JensenF7 May 190810 December 2020Central JutlandCentral Jutland
4Kirsten SchwalbeF10 March 1914LivingCentral JutlandCentral Jutland
5Ellen Adelaide BrandenborgF7 January 190622 July 2017North JutlandCentral Jutland
6Johanne SvenssonF24 January 189229 May 2003Central JutlandSweden
7Anne MatthiesenF26 November 188419 March 1996North Schleswig, PrussiaSouth Denmark
8Karen JespersenF5 May 18894 August 2000Central JutlandCentral Jutland
9Anna NielsenF2 April 190419 June 2015North JutlandCanada
10Karen Faurschou EgestadF14 September 190816 May 2019Central JutlandCentral Jutland
11Marie JensenF5 June 190430 January 2015Central JutlandCentral Jutland
12Karen Rigmor MoritzF15 August 19134 April 2024North JutlandNorth Jutland
13Bertha WallinF13 January 18745 August 1984Central JutlandUnited States
14Signe HøjerF1 November 190518 March 2016North JutlandCentral Jutland
15Agnes SteenstrupF24 November 19031 March 2014Capital RegionCapital Region
16Jens Peter WestergaardM26 April 191423 July 2024South DenmarkSouth Denmark
17Gerda MuffF16 March 190629 April 2016ZealandZealand
18Ulla LundF25 July 190723 August 2017Central JutlandUnited States