Carl Oscar Collett (2 February 1922 – 21 May 2008) was a Norwegian businessperson and politician for the Conservative Party. He was born in

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as a son of forester Oscar Collett (1877–1950) and Maria Iversen. He was a grandson of

Albert Collett 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 Namdalen in Nord-Trøndel ...

and nephew of

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, Emil, Johan and Axel Collett. He finished Oslo Commerce School in 1940 and took the

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in 1941. He graduated from the National Forestry Academy in

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in 1943, and took the MBA at

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in 1949. In 1948 he married Dagmar Gunla von Sydow Bødtker, a daughter of

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. In 1950 he was hired in the family company Firma Albert Collett. He was a board member from 1954, and from 1963 to 1971 he owned the company together with Albert P. Collett and manager Andreas Ebbing. In 1971 he was hired as manager of Mathiesen Eidsvold Værk. In 1979 he went on to the Forest Industry Research Council. Collett chaired the Conservative Party in

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 ...

from 1955 to 1957, and was a member of the party's central board the last year. He was a

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member in

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from 1960 to 1964 and in

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from 1964 to 1968. He was a working committee member of the employers' association from 1960 to 1970, chairing the organization from 1965 to 1969. He was a board member of the Forestry Association of 1950 from 1959 to 1971, chairing the organization from 1966 to 1970. He became a member of the gentlemen's skiing club SK Fram in 1972. He was also a supervisory council member of Forsikringsselskapet Viking. He died in May 2008 and was buried at

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Collett, Carl Oscar Norwegian people of English descent 1922 births 2008 deaths Businesspeople from Oslo People from Namsos Harvard Business School alumni Norwegian expatriates in the United States 20th-century Norwegian businesspeople Conservative Party (Norway) politicians Politicians from Nord-Trøndelag Carl Oscar SK Fram members