Agnes Sandström

Agnes Charlotta Sandström (née Bengtsson, 8 November 1887 – 1 December 1985) was a Swedish woman who was one of the last remaining survivors of the sinking of the Titanic on 15 April 1912. She was the last survivor who was born in Sweden.

Early life Agnes Charlotta Bengtsson was born 8 November 1887, in Lerbäck, Örebro County, Sweden, to Bengt and Lovisa Eriksson Bengtsson. She had seven older siblings, and later, three younger siblings. She emigrated to the United States in 1906, where she fell in love with ironworker Hjalmar Leonard Sandström, also a Swedish immigrant. Their first daughter, Margit Rut, was born in Chicago, Illinois, on 23 March 1908. They married on 23 June 1909. They were originally not supposed to be on Titanic but were transferred due to a coal strike in many British ships at the time. The Sandströms shared a cabin with Elna Ström and her daughter Telma.

On the night of the collision, Agnes was awake and talking to Elna, her cabin mate.

Agnes, Margit, and Beatrice were all picked up by the RMS Carpathia early the next morning. Elna and Telma both perished in the sinking, and their bodies were never identified nor recovered. Of the party of ten Swedes destined for California, only five, including the Sandströms, survived. Agnes died on 1 December 1985, in Motala, at the age of 98, having outlived both her husband and eldest daughter. She was the last survivor born in Sweden.

Beatrice's later years Beatrice could not recall anything about the Titanic voyage; however, she said that once, as a child, she exclaimed, "Look, the moon is falling down," perhaps in reference to the distress rockets the ship fired. She died on 3 September 1995, at the age of 85. Her death left nine remaining survivors.