Dagny Carlsson


Dagny Valborg Carlsson, née Eriksson is a Swedish blogger centenarian. Carlsson, who calls herself Bojan on her blog, started working as a seamstress at a factory at a young age. She would later study at a textile institute in Norrköping. 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. On the question about what makes a long life she has answered good genes and curiosity. Dagny Carlsson was work leader at a corsett factory in Sundbyberg, and for the last fifteen years of her worklife she worked at Försäkringskassan.
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 as well as TV4's Bingolotto game show. 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. In December 2017, she presented an episode of the radio show Vinter i P1 on Sveriges Radio. Carlsson supported the MeToo movement.
Dagny Carlsson was married to Ragnar Norling between 1942 and 1951. She was then married to Harry Carlsson between 1951 and until his death of cancer in 2004.