The sisters Þórhildur, on the right, and Hulda Magnúsdóttir.
Photo/Magnús Hlynur
Sisters Þórhildur and Hulda Dagmar Magnúsdóttir matched the Icelandic record for the combined age of siblings yesterday — and today they break the record as their combined age reaches 206 years and 203 days.
Jónas Ragnarsson, who runs the Facebook page Langlífi (“Longevity”), calculated the milestone. He has been keeping track of the ages of Iceland”s oldest residents. The previous record holders were siblings Lárus Sigfússon and Anna Sigfúsdóttir from the Strandasýsla region. Anna passed away in January 2020, at which point their combined age had reached 206 years and 202 days.
Meet regularly
The sisters are originally from Árnessýsla but have lived in Reykjavík for many years. Þórhildur turned 107 last December, and Hulda turned 98 last August. When Hulda was born, her sister Þórhildur was eight years and seven months old. The two are close friends, live near each other, and regularly meet up for coffee.