Albert Peter Severin Collett (15 September 1842 – 25 June 1896) was a Norwegian businessman, timber merchant and sawmill owner. He founded Firma Albert Collett and became one of the largest landowners in the valley of

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Nord-Trøndelag Nord-Trøndelag (; "North Trøndelag") was a counties of Norway, county constituting the northern part of the present-day Trøndelag county in Norway. It bordered the old Sør-Trøndelag ("South Trøndelag") county as well as the county of Nordl ...

, Norway. Collett was born at

Buskerud Manor Buskerud Manor ( or ''Buskerud gård på Modum'') was a former estate (land), estate and manor located on a large farm in Buskerud county, Norway. The modern county of Buskerud is named for the estate. History The farm was located on the west side ...

at Åmot in

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, Norway. He was the youngest son of landowner John Collett (1807–1891), grandson of judge Peter Collett and grandnephew of

Christian Ancher Collett Christian Ancher Collett (30 April 1771 – 10 January 1833) was a Norwegian engineer, architect, and building inspector. He was born as the oldest child of Peter Collett and Johanne Henriche Ancher. He had two older half-siblings, Peter Collett ...

. He was also the father of chemist and industrialist

Emil Collett Emil Collett (22 December 1875 – 9 June 1940) was a Norwegian chemist and entrepreneur.Emil Collett
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and physician

Arthur Collett Arthur Collett (8 May 1879 – 2 August 1968) was a Norwegian pediatrician and President of the Norwegian Pediatric Society. Background He was born in Trondhjem a son of estate owner Albert Collett and Nanna Høegh. In 1912, he married Baroness In ...

. He was originally a clerk in Christiania Bank og Kreditkasse. He is most associated with his take over the

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Agricultural Stakeholder Society (''Salsbrukets Interessentselskab'') at

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. Collett took over the operation which had interests in forestry and lumber production. At the same time, he bought several other properties in the area in

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and

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(now both part of

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). In 1871, he founded Firma Albert Collett and turned it into a real estate management company. He became one of the largest landowners in the valley of

. The acquisition of Salsbruket secured hydropower from the Opløelva river at

and a good port at Opløfjorden. He soon had large modern sawmills in full operation. The sawmill operation lasted until 1898. After his death in 1896, management of the company was taken over by his widow Nanna Høegh Collett (1854–1921), then from 1912 their sons Johan (b. 1874),

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(b. 1876) and Axel (b. 1880).

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Collett, Albert 1842 births 1896 deaths People from Modum

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