The oldest blogger grandmother, 106-year-old Dagny Karlsson, revealed the secret of popularity: "Being perfect is boring."

2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55

Dagny Karlsson from Sweden is arguably the oldest female blogger in the world. Now she is 106. Calling this positive and modern person “old” will not even turn my tongue. Dagny calls himself Boyan, and his blog - "Everything between heaven and earth." Over the past few years, the advanced grandmother has gained many fans all over the world. “The main plus of my popularity is that thanks to her I can meet new people and participate in interesting events,” the blogger says to his subscribers.

For a computer - in a hundred years

Dagny was born back in 1912 in the Swedish town of Kristianstad. At a very young age, she got a job as a seamstress in a factory. She didn't particularly like sewing, but she had to feed her family: her father died, her mother fell into a severe depression, and there were brothers and sisters in her arms. And Dagny was the oldest …

Graduated from the Textile Institute. She got married, but unsuccessfully. She ran away from her husband. She married again - this time for love. She worked and raised children. In general, the usual "average" life.

Like many elderly people, Dagny still did not succeed in joining the world of high technologies. And she was very jealous of her younger sister, who at her old age played simple computer games at home. Dagny really wanted to also try to comprehend this science, but she did not dare - she was afraid that she was too old for that. But still, curiosity took over. In addition, my sister acquired a more modern computer, and gave the old one to her.

At 99 years old, Mrs. Karlsson finally took a computer course. The new knowledge delighted her, and a year later Dagny started her own blog on the Swedish portal, registering under the ironic nickname Bojan. “”, - she explained.

Grandma's blog made a splash. She began to be invited to TV shows, and comments under her posts are left not only by Swedes, but also by Finns, Germans, and even Americans.

The secret of popularity

Her publications are about everything, and that is why they are interesting and touching. Today Dagny can talk about how she spent a great evening with an old friend, devouring her favorite boiled crayfish and drinking a sip of whiskey. Tomorrow - to admit that she suddenly looked at her toenails and realized that it was time to call a pedicure master. And the day after tomorrow she will share something else intimate, as if she is not writing to the whole world, but to a good friend. For example, that she still has quite good eyesight, but recently she has begun to hear worse and her faithful assistants are hearing aids.

And she also loves to publish photos of flowers, trees, because the world is so beautiful. Now, for example, is the time to share pictures of autumn landscapes, so the page is decorated with golden trees, scarlet leaves …

Very often her posts begin with some everyday detail, and end philosophically or raise a topical topic that is understandable to the reader anywhere in the world. For example, noticing that lately there are fewer and fewer small birds on the streets, she gradually turns to reflections on life: "" …

However, this is so - lyrical digressions. Usually, the posts of a long-liver are nevertheless light and positive, and in the photographs she herself looks cheerful, fashionable and active.

Karlsson often takes part in public events that, as you know, all popular bloggers love to support. For example, three years ago she joined the Pink Ribbon movement and spent the whole week buying pink products in support of people with breast cancer.

Ideal people are boring

Sometimes in her posts, a long-liver makes mistakes and, like any popular blogger, crowds of commentators immediately attack her grandmother, wanting to correct her. She reacts philosophically to such "critics". “”, - the grandmother writes in one of her posts and immediately retorts. - Further, Dagny proudly declares that, on the other hand, she is "alive" and is not at all going to become one hundred percent perfect, preferring to be a cheerful, carefree optimist. Well, “human mistakes”, according to Ms. Boyan, should not embarrass anyone.

“, - she writes. - ". To cheer up all "imperfect" people, Karlsson tells subscribers about his childhood. Like, her own sister was always beautiful, tall, intelligent and talented, and Dagny herself was plump, short-legged and not at all beautiful. And in terms of behavior, my mother always set her an ideal sister as an example. “- concludes Mrs. Karlsson. And you can't argue!

"", - Dagny remarks self-critically in one of his posts.

And just the other day, the blogger told the readers that she loves to drink coffee for a long time, and for her this is a whole ritual. She still keeps the old service at home and uses it only on special occasions. Well, he drinks coffee with a cake. Dagny admits to subscribers that in her youth she was chubby and plump, if not "obese", but she never denied herself the pleasure of eating a delicious dessert. “, - says Karlsson.

Any young woman can envy Dagny's creative activity. She travels, visits cinemas and cafes.

Two years ago, the pensioner even starred in a cameo in a movie, and this year she published her own book. And, of course, she paid tax on the royalties. “” - laughs the blogger grandmother.

Dagny lives in harmony with her popularity, but a girl named Shubnum from South Africa thought she was participating in a photo shoot, But in fact, she gave her photos to stock sites and is now not at all happy about her popularity.