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olsson days after she purportedly awoke from three decades of hibernation on 14 april 1908 , just a few 5 april 1950 oknö , sweden oknö , sweden 29 october 1861 karolina olsson.jpg karolina olsson
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karolina olsson

karolina olsson -lrb- 29 october 1861 -- 5 april 1950 -rrb- , also known as `` soverskan på oknö '' -lrb- the `` sleeping beauty of oknö '' -rrb- , was a swedish woman who purportedly remained in hibernation between 1876 and 1908 -lrb- 32 years -rrb- .
this is believed to be the longest time that anyone has lived in this manner who then awoke without any residual symptoms .
however , it has been claimed that olsson may not really have been asleep and hibernating all that time .
there were many unexplained characteristics of her state ; for example , her hair , fingernails , and toenails did not seem to grow .
harald fröderström observed in 1912 that she might have been pretending to sleep , or had been suffering from psychological problems and simply convinced herself that she was ill .
