Maria Andersson
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Maria Eufrosyne Andersson (December 24, 1828?, Viipuri, Finland - August 24, 1946, Helsinki, Finland) was presumably the longest-living Finn ever, died at the age of 117 years and 243 days, although her exact date of birth cannot be completely proven, because many of the documents located in her birth town Viipuri were destroyed during the Second World War.
Maria Andersson started to work as a maid servant at an early age. Later in her life she earned her living by selling flowers. She never married and had no children.
She moved to the Finnish capital Helsinki at the age of seven, living there for 110 years. If her claimed age is proven wrong, the oldest-ever Finn would be Lempi Rothovius, who died in 2000 at the age of 112.
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