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 Táningsstúlkan sem lést var að teyma íslenskan hest Erlent Hælisleitandi fór huldu höfði í þrjú ár og fleygði sér svo niður stiga Innlent Segja gengið á birgðirnar og hætta við vopnasendingar til Úkraínu Erlent Játaði fjárdrátt og endurgreiðir samkvæmt samkomulagi Innlent Hiti á þingi: „Hættið þessu bara“ Innlent Diddy sakfelldur í tveimur af fimm ákæruliðum Erlent Árekstur á Kringlumýrarbraut Innlent Vill fá að vita hvers vegna ákvarðanir stofnana eru ekki undirritaðar Innlent Gagnrýni Bryndísar á málþóf frá 2019 vekur athygli Innlent Maðurinn sem fann upp mew-ið er látinn Erlent
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 Táningsstúlkan sem lést var að teyma íslenskan hest Erlent Hælisleitandi fór huldu höfði í þrjú ár og fleygði sér svo niður stiga Innlent Segja gengið á birgðirnar og hætta við vopnasendingar til Úkraínu Erlent Játaði fjárdrátt og endurgreiðir samkvæmt samkomulagi Innlent Hiti á þingi: „Hættið þessu bara“ Innlent Diddy sakfelldur í tveimur af fimm ákæruliðum Erlent Árekstur á Kringlumýrarbraut Innlent Vill fá að vita hvers vegna ákvarðanir stofnana eru ekki undirritaðar Innlent Gagnrýni Bryndísar á málþóf frá 2019 vekur athygli Innlent Maðurinn sem fann upp mew-ið er látinn Erlent