Dagny Carlsson

Dagny Valborg Carlsson, née Eriksson (born 8 May 1912) is a Swedish blogger centenarian.[1] Carlsson, who calls herself Bojan on her blog, started working as a seamstress at a factory at a young age.[2] She would later study at a textile institute in Norrköping.[3] At the age of 99 years she went to a class in computing to learn more about it, at the age of 100 she became known in media for her high age and her blogging.[4] On the question about what makes a long life she has answered good genes and curiosity.[5] Dagny Carlsson was work leader at a corsett factory in Sundbyberg, and for the last fifteen years of her worklife she worked at Försäkringskassan.[6][7]

Dagny Carlsson
Carlsson in 2013
Born
Dagny Valborg Eriksson

(1912-05-08) 8 May 1912
Kristianstad, Sweden
NationalitySwedish
OccupationBlogger, retired seamstress
Known for
  • Blogging
  • television personality
  • film appearances

She has participated in several TV-shows such as TV4's Nyhetsmorgon, SVT's Fråga doktorn, Gomorron Sverige and the SVT documentary series "Det är inte så dumt att bli gammal". She has also been a guest in the Nordic talk show Skavlan on 4 March 2016[8] as well as TV4's Bingolotto game show.[9] In 2016, Dagny Carlsson had a small role in the film "Hundraettåringen som smet från notan och försvann", in which she played an elderly woman who has moved into Allan's old room at the retirement home.[10] In December 2017, she presented an episode of the radio show Vinter i P1 on Sveriges Radio.[2] Carlsson supported the MeToo movement. [11]

Dagny Carlsson was married to Ragnar Norling (1909–1958) between 1942 and 1951. [12] She was then married to Harry Carlsson (1913–2004) between 1951 and until his death of cancer in 2004. [13]

References
  1. "Sveriges äldsta bloggare firar 105". Sydsvenskan. Archived from the original on 2 September 2019. Retrieved 8 May 2017. Retrieved 25 December 2019
  2. "Dagny Carlsson om döde maken Harry: "Han dansade som en gud"". MåBra. 27 December 2017. Retrieved 25 December 2019.
  3. "102 år och egen blogg". Archived from the original on 10 February 2018. Retrieved 8 May 2017.
  4. Welle (www.dw.com), Deutsche. "106-year-old blogger in Sweden | DW | 09.05.2018". Retrieved 25 December 2019 – via www.dw.com.
  5. ""Nyfikenhet ger dig ett långt liv"". Archived from the original on 1 October 2017. Retrieved 8 May 2017.
  6. Wikholm, Icakuriren | Ingela. "Dagny Carlsson fyller 105 år – här är hennes liv i bilder". Icakuriren. Archived from the original on 5 July 2018. Retrieved 25 December 2019.
  7. "Dagny Carlsson: Life Begins at 100". AlJazeera. Retrieved 25 December 2019.
  8. Persson, Christin. "Dagny om Rebecca & Fiona: "Inte bara bompa-bompa"". Sveriges Television. Archived from the original on 30 May 2016. Retrieved 8 May 2017.
  9. "Avsnitt 50.20 – BingoLottoWiki". bingolottowiki.se. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 8 May 2017.
  10. "Se 104-åriga Dagny Carlssons känga till filmen "Hundraettåringen"". Archived from the original on 26 January 2017. Retrieved 8 May 2017.
  11. "Sweden's 105-year-old blogger supports Me Too campaign". The Local. 1 November 2017. Retrieved 25 December 2019.
  12. Carlsson, Dagny; Bjurberg, Helen (26 October 2016). "Livet enligt Dagny: I huvudet på en 104-åring". Bokförlaget Forum. Retrieved 25 December 2019 – via Google Books.
  13. "Dagny Carlsson fyller 106 år: "Jag har inte en krämpa"". allas.se. 4 May 2018. Retrieved 25 December 2019.

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