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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in Nord-Trøndelag, Norway. Collett was born at

Buskerud Manor Buskerud Manor ( no, Buskerud hovedgård or ''Buskerud gård på Modum'') was a former estate (land), 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 o ...

Åmot Åmot is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Østerdalen. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Rena. Other villages in the municipality include Åsta, Osneset, an ...

in Modum, 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 a ...

. He was also the father of chemist and industrialist Emil Collett 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 I ...

. He was originally a clerk in

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. He is most associated with his take over the

Salsbruket Salsbruket is a village in Nærøysund municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost ...

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

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in Nord-Trøndelag. 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 the then-municipalities of

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and

Foldereid Foldereid is a village in Nærøysund municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The village is located near the inner part of the Folda fjord, the ''Innerfolda'', just south of the border with Nordland county. The Norwegian County Road 770 ...

. 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),

Oscar Oscar, OSCAR, or The Oscar may refer to: People * Oscar (given name), an Irish- and English-language name also used in other languages; the article includes the names Oskar, Oskari, Oszkár, Óscar, and other forms. * Oscar (Irish mythology) ...

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

References

1842 births 1896 deaths People from Modum

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