Oldest Icelander turns 109 21. ágúst 2006 13:25 Sólveig Pétursdóttir is the oldest living Icelander, and she celebrated her 109th birthday yesterday. She was born in 1897 on the Keldunúpur farm, south Iceland and married farmer Gunnar Jónsson whom she had seven children with. Sólveig lived at her farm in Öræfi with one of her sons until 1993, when she moved to an elderly people's home in Höfn, Hornafjörður. Sólveig has 67 descendants who say that her high age is due to her unique joy of living and the fact that she kept on working hard until she was 93 years old. Sólveig is now hard of hearing and her eyesight is failing, but she loves to knit and receive visits from her family. News News in English Mest lesið Vill tollalaus viðskipti við Evrópu Erlent Allt að 18 stiga hiti á morgun en súld og léttskýjað í dag Veður Wow fékk bestu þjónustu Airbus eftir að Icelandair valdi Boeing Viðskipti innlent Veitingahús vilji ekki bara ráða ófaglært starfsfólk Innlent Þúsundir mótmæltu Trump á 1.200 mótmælum Erlent Söfnuðu 140 milljónum fyrir Kvennaathvarfið Innlent Sektaður fyrir of stutt bil milli bíla Innlent Reynst erfitt að laga tvígreiðsluvillu en gefast ekki upp Innlent Ísraelsher viðurkennir mistök eftir birtingu myndefnis Erlent Tveir unnu tæpar 80 milljónir hvor Innlent
Sólveig Pétursdóttir is the oldest living Icelander, and she celebrated her 109th birthday yesterday. She was born in 1897 on the Keldunúpur farm, south Iceland and married farmer Gunnar Jónsson whom she had seven children with. Sólveig lived at her farm in Öræfi with one of her sons until 1993, when she moved to an elderly people's home in Höfn, Hornafjörður. Sólveig has 67 descendants who say that her high age is due to her unique joy of living and the fact that she kept on working hard until she was 93 years old. Sólveig is now hard of hearing and her eyesight is failing, but she loves to knit and receive visits from her family.
News News in English Mest lesið Vill tollalaus viðskipti við Evrópu Erlent Allt að 18 stiga hiti á morgun en súld og léttskýjað í dag Veður Wow fékk bestu þjónustu Airbus eftir að Icelandair valdi Boeing Viðskipti innlent Veitingahús vilji ekki bara ráða ófaglært starfsfólk Innlent Þúsundir mótmæltu Trump á 1.200 mótmælum Erlent Söfnuðu 140 milljónum fyrir Kvennaathvarfið Innlent Sektaður fyrir of stutt bil milli bíla Innlent Reynst erfitt að laga tvígreiðsluvillu en gefast ekki upp Innlent Ísraelsher viðurkennir mistök eftir birtingu myndefnis Erlent Tveir unnu tæpar 80 milljónir hvor Innlent