Gudrun Nymoen
- Full name: Gudrun Nymoen
- Lifespan: 26.10.1910 – 08.07.2021
- Age: 110 years, 256 days
- Birthplace: Solberg, Osen Municipality, Trøndelagfylke, Norway
- Last residence: Osen, Osen Municipality, Trøndelagfylke, NorwayApplication date: 26.10.2020
- Validation date: 21.10.2021
- Validation source: Waclaw Jan Kroczek
Biography
Gudrun Nymoen was born in Osen, Hedmark, Norway on 26 October 1910. She had experienced both World War I and World War II, received electricity in her home as a 30-year-old and watched her four children grow up and retire. Nymoen was a driven flatbread baker, remembering the time when she could stand and bake all day – to the neat daily salary of one penny. She has lived in Osen all her life, and until the mid-1940s the living room on Tverenberget was the home of her family, which then consisted of the married couple and children Paul and Astrid. Although Nymoen believed she has had a pretty untrammeled life, this is where she experienced the two most dramatic events of her life – when the house burned in 1944 and seeing airplanes landing on Lake Ocean at the beginning of World War II. However, the family who lived in the thickest forest, was protected from much of the consequences of the war. Nymoen had traveled extensively, both at home and abroad, and had seen and experienced more than most.
Gudrun married Jørgen and had four children: Paul, Astrid, Liv and K
Nymoen became the oldest living person in Norway following the death of Petra Hogetveit on 23 May 2020.
By March 2021, she had already received both doses of a COVID-19 vaccine.
Nymoen died in Osen, Trøndelag fylke, Norway on 8 July 2021 at the age of 110 years, 255 days. Following her death, Gunhild Lyse became the oldest living person in Norway. She was the last known person in Norway born before 1913.
100th birthday report
Today Gudrun Nymoen in Osen turns 100 years old. – Now I am considering accepting the place at the retirement home, she says.
She is keeping well, the centenarian at Furuset in Osen. So far she has lived at home in the house she and her husband Jørgen set up in the late 1940s, but now she is considering accepting the offer of a place at the Osen retirement home.
- On 1 November I can move in, she says.
- Do you accept the offer?
- Yes, I have to. I drive and fire during the day, because it’s not that hot here right now. No, I can’t let that chance pass me by, says Gudrun firmly.
Took on work
On Saturday, her day was celebrated with a large party in the church hall in Osen. Around 70 people took part, among them the family, which has gradually become quite numerous.
Gudrun and Jørgen had four children who passed away in 1993. These were Paul, Astrid, Liv and Karin. All live and work in Drammen, at Granli by Kongsvinger, in Folldal and Oslo.
Seven grandchildren are also included, six great-grandchildren and a great-great-grandchild.
Gudrun has lived in Osen all her life. She was born in Solberg in Osdalen as the sixth of a total of nine siblings.
- I was weak when I was born, yes, so weak that they ordered old clock Didrik Nilsen to baptize me immediately in case I should die, she says.
The young girl thus regained her strength and eventually started at Ulvevadet school in Osdalen, where she attended for two years. After that she continued at Vika school in Nesset.
- When I finished school, I stayed at home and helped my mother. After that, I took on housecleaning elsewhere, helped with the mowing or flatbread baking. I went around Osdalen and Slemdalen and helped out, she says.
Today, she credits much of this activity for keeping her in such good shape.
The king greets
Although Gudrun has lived in Osen all her life, she has seen a good part of the country and the world.
- Jørgen found that it was fun to travel, so we traveled quite a bit with Østerdal Billag when we got older, she says.
After Gudrun became a widow, she and her friend Marit Stener went on trips abroad under the auspices of Sparebanken. There have also been trips with Velferden in Osen.
A telegram from His Majesty the King is included for centenarians. Gudrun has had everything.
- I’ll get glass and a frame for that and hang it up, says the sprightly oozing.
Longevity Recognition
- Doyenne of Norway (23.05.2020 – 08.07.2021)
Validation
The supercentenarian case of Gudrun Nymoen was meticulously examined and verified by Waclaw Jan Kroczek, GRG Correspondent for Poland and Nordic Countries, and validated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG) as of October 21, 2021.
Gudrun Nymoen at age 100.
Gudrun Nymoen at age 103.
Gudrun Nymoen at age 104.
Gudrun Nymoen at age 110.
