Axel Collett (6 August 1880 in

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– 17 January 1968) was a Norwegian landowner, timber merchant and sawmill owner. He was a co-owner and actively involved in the management of

Firma Albert Collett Firma Albert Collett ANS is a company that operates in forestry, estate management and hydroelectric power production. Operations It owns of estate in Namsos and Nærøysund municipalities in Norway. The company operates four power stations wi ...

, a firm established by his father, which was and is one of the largest private land owners of Norway. The company owned of land in

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, and built Salsbruket Tresliperi, a sawmill, of which he also served as director. A member of the English-origined Collett family, he was the son of land-owner Albert Collett, the grandson of land-owner John Collett of

Buskerud Manor Buskerud Manor ( no, Buskerud hovedgård or ''Buskerud gård på Modum'') was a former estate and manor located on a large farm in Buskerud, Norway. The modern county of Buskerud is named for the estate. History The farm was located on the west side ...

and the great-grandson of Supreme Court Justice and land-owner

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. He was the brother of

Johan Collett Johan Collett (22 March 1775 – 19 June 1827) was a Norwegian politician and public administrator. He served as a member of the Constituent Assembly at Eidsvold in 1814. Background He was born at Rønnebæksholm in Næstved, Denmark, as the ...

Oscar Collett Oscar Collett (9 December 1877 – 1950) was a Norwegian landowner and benefactor. He was born in Trondhjem as a son of landowner Albert Peter Severin Collett (1842–1896) and Nanna Høegh (1854–1921). He was a brother of physician Arthur Coll ...

and

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

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, graduating as an engineer in 1906. He was married to Lucie Trozelli Krefting (1896–1988), daughter of

Rudolf Krefting Rudolf Waldemar Rømeling Krefting (3 February 1860 – 17 August 1942) was a Norwegian dermatologist. He was born in Kvikne. He is particularly known for his studies of the chancroid and the coccobacillus haemophilus ducreyi. He was the fath ...

and Märtha Trozelli, and they were the parents of humanitarian Brita Collett Paus. Together with his brothers, he also commissioned the construction of a church in Nærøy.Hansen, Runbjørg Bremset, ''Nærøyfolket I, 1800–1920'', Kolvereid, Nærøy kommune, 2000

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Collett, Axel Norwegian people of English descent Norwegian landowners Axel 1880 births 1968 deaths