Collett or Collet is a Norwegian family of English origin, descended from English-born merchant
James Collett (born 1655 in
London
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, died 1727 in
Christiania), who settled in Christiania in 1683. He married Karen Leuch, and died as the richest man in the city. The firm he founded, ''Collett & Leuch'', later renamed ''Collett & Søn'' (Collett & Son), was continued for four generations until 1821. The family became part of the
patriciate of Christiania in the 18th century. His descendants continued to play important roles in Norwegian history and owned several properties, such as
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 ...
,
Store Ullevål Manor, the hunting lodge 'Flateby',
Økern Manor and
Firma Albert Collett. One of the most well-known family members are statesman and First Minister
Jonas Collett.
A Danish branch of the family is descended from Bernt Anker Collet, and uses the spelling ''Collet''. They own the estates of
Lundbygård and
Katholm Castle, and formerly owned
Rønnebæksholm.
Famous members
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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 ...
(1842–1896), owner of
Firma Albert Collett and
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 ...
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Alf Collett
Alf Collett (8 August 1844 – 12 June 1919) was a Norway, Norwegian writer and historian. (1844–1919), genealogist
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Anne Cathrine Collett (1768–1846), owner of
Lundbygård, the wealthiest woman in Denmark
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Arthur Collett (1879–1968), pediatrician
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Axel Collett (1880–1968), co-owner of Firma Albert Collett
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Bernt Anker Collet (1803–1857), owner of
Lundbygård
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Bernt Johan Collet (born 1941), owner of
Lundbygård, Danish Minister of Defense and chamberlain
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Brita Collett Paus (, 1917–1998), humanitarian
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Carl Oscar Collett (1922–2008), businessman and politician
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Christian Ancher Collett (1771–1833), engineer
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Christian Collett Kjerschow (1821–1889), politician, grandson of Christian Ancher Collett
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Christian Michelsen (1857–1925), first prime minister of an independent Norway, great-grandson of Christian Ancher Collett
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Camilla Collett (née Wergeland, 1813–1895), writer
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Ditlevine Feddersen (née Collett, 1727–1803), poet
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Emil Collett (1875–1940), chemist
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Frederik Collett (1839–1914), painter
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James Collett (1655–1727), English merchant, patriarch of the dynasty
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Johan Collett (1775–1827), statesman
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Johan Collett II (1874–1969), businessman
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John Collett I (1758–1810), businessman
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John Collett II (1807–1891), landowner
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Jonas Collett (1772–1851), statesman
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Karl-Johan Persson (born 1975), chairman of
H&M, 5x great-grandson of Peter Collett and 4x great-grandson of John Collett II
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Mathia Collett (1737–1801), businesswoman, wife of Norway's then wealthiest person
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Mathias Collett (1708–1759), governor
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Nils Collett Vogt (1864–1937), poet
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Oscar Collett (1877–1950), landowner and benefactor
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Peter Collett (1766–1836), supreme court justice
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Peter Jonas Collett (1813–1851),
jurist
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Peter Severin Steenstrup (1807–1863), naval officer, son of Thea Collett
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Robert Collett
Robert Collett (2 December 1842 – 27 January 1913) was a Norway, Norwegian zoologist. Collett was director and curator of the Natural History Museum at the University of Oslo, Zoological Museum at University of Oslo.
Robert Collett was born at ...
(1842–1913), zoologist
Literature
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Alf Collett
Alf Collett (8 August 1844 – 12 June 1919) was a Norway, Norwegian writer and historian. : ''En gammel Christiania-Slægt: Familien Collett og Christianias Fortid'' , Christiania 1888.
* ''Fotolitografisk Gjengivelse af det i Storthingets Arkiv opbevarede Original-Haandskrift af Kongeriget Norges Grundlov af 17.de Mai 1814'' .
*: —Shows
''eidsvollsmann'''s seal with family coat of arms.
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Haagen Krog Steffens''Norske Slægter 1912'',
Gyldendalske Boghandel, Christiania 1911.
* Hugo Høgdahl: ''Norske ex libris og andre bokeiermerker. Fra biskop Arne Sigurdsson til Gerhard Munthe'' , Oslo 1946, pp. 79–81.
*:—Peter Collett's
''ex libris''.
*
Hans Cappelen: "Norske Serafimerridderes våpenskjold" , ''
Heraldisk Tidsskrift'', vol. 2, pp. 234–235, Copenhagen 1965–1969.
*:—Jonas Collet's armorial plate in
Riddarholmen Church, Stockholm.
* Hans Cappelen: ''Norske slektsvåpen'' , Oslo 1969 (2nd ed. 1976), p. 82.
*
Herman Leopoldus Løvenskiold: ''Heraldisk nøkkel'' , Oslo 1978.
*
Harald Nissen and Monica Aase
''Segl i Universitetsbiblioteket i Trondheim'', Trondheim 1990, p. 49.
References
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External links
Norsk Folkemuseum exhibition on immigrants to Norway
Danish families
Norwegian families
Norwegian people of English descent
Families of English ancestry