Firma Albert Collett ANS is a company that operates in

forestry Forestry is the science and craft of creating, managing, planting, using, conserving and repairing forests and woodlands for associated resources for human and Natural environment, environmental benefits. Forestry is practiced in plantations and ...

estate management Property management is the operation, control, maintenance, and oversight of real estate and physical property. This can include residential, commercial, and land real estate. Management indicates the need for real estate to be cared for and moni ...

, and

hydroelectric Hydroelectricity, or hydroelectric power, is Electricity generation, electricity generated from hydropower (water power). Hydropower supplies 15% of the world's electricity, almost 4,210 TWh in 2023, which is more than all other Renewable energ ...

power production.

Operations

It owns of estate in

Namsos Municipality (Norwegian language, Norwegian) or is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Trøndelag Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is part of the Namdalen Districts of Norway, region. The administrative centre of the municipality is t ...

and

Nærøysund Municipality Nærøysund is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the Traditional districts of Norway, traditional district of Namdalen. The municipality was established on 1 January 2020 after the mer ...

in the northern part of

Trøndelag Trøndelag (; or is a county and coextensive with the Trøndelag region (also known as ''Midt-Norge'' or ''Midt-Noreg,'' "Mid-Norway") in the central part of Norway. It was created in 1687, then named Trondhjem County (); in 1804 the county was ...

county,

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of the Kingdom of ...

. The company operates four power stations with a combined power production of and an average annual energy production of . It operates of productive forest, as well as agriculture and wilderness management, such as hunting and fishing.

History

In 1860, privileges for the forestry were abolished, and Salsbrukets Interessentselskab was given access to Salsgodset, a along the lake

Salsvatnet Salvatnet is a lake in Namsos Municipality in Trøndelag counties of Norway, county, Norway. With its deepest depth of , it is Norway's and Europe's Lakes in Norway#Deepest lakes, second-deepest lake, after Hornindalsvatnet. Alternate sources giv ...

in the estate

Fosnes Municipality Fosnes is a former municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 2020 when it was merged into Namsos Municipality. It was part of the Namdalen region. The administrative centre of the muni ...

. Five years later, Albert Petter Severin Collett, aged 23, moved to

Salsbruket Salsbruket is a village in Nærøysund Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The village is located at the end of the Oppløyfjorden, at the mouth of the river Oppløyelva. A sawmill lies in the eastern part of the village, the Oplø area in ...

as a representatives for Christiania Bank og Kredittkasse. Salsbrukets Interessentselskab was nearly bankrupt. Collett took over the company in 1871, and at the same time bought several other estates in the area, in the then-municipalities of

Kolvereid Kolvereid is a town in Nærøysund Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The town of Kolvereid is located at the west end of the Kolvereidvågen bay, off of the inner part of the Foldafjord. The Norwegian County Road 770 runs through the t ...

and

Foldereid Foldereid is a village in Nærøysund Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The village is located near the inner part of the Folda, Trøndelag, Folda fjord, the ''Innerfolda'', just south of the border with Nordland county. The Norwegian ...

. Collett's company started purchasing part of Bangdalens Interessentselskab, which owned estates in Klinga, Stod,

Kvam Kvam is a municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The municipality is located along the Hardangerfjorden in the traditional district of Hardanger. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Norheimsund. Other larger settl ...

and

Namdalseid Namdalseid may refer to: Places *Namdalseid (village), a village in Namsos Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway * Namdalseid Church, a church in Namsos Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway *Namdalseid Municipality Namdalseid is a form ...

. By 1894, Collett had bought the entire company. All sawmill activities were concentrated to

Bangsund Bangsund is a village Namsos Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It lies along the Løgnin arm of the Namsenfjorden, about south of the town of Namsos. The villages of Klinga and Sævik lie to the northeast along the Norwegian County ...

in 1898; however, in 1905, a pulp mill was built in Salsbruket, which established the economic foundation for the village. After Albert Collett, the company was taken over by his sons Johan (b. 1874),

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(b. 1877) and Axel (b. 1880). In 1980, Bangsundbruket was sold to the state. On 25 October 1985, the pulp mill in Salsbruket burned down and was not rebuilt.

References

External links

*{{official website, http://www.collett.no/ Real estate companies of Norway Electric power companies of Norway Energy companies established in 1871 Companies based in Trøndelag Namsos Nærøysund Norwegian companies established in 1871