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, 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

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Tresliperi, a sawmill, of which he also served as director. A member of the English-origined

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, he was the son of land-owner

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-Trøn ...

, the grandson of land-owner John Collett of

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and the great-grandson of Supreme Court Justice and land-owner Peter Collett. 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 yo ...

, Oscar Collett and Emil Collett. 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 and Märtha Trozelli, and they were the parents of humanitarian

Brita Collett Paus Brita Lucie Collett Paus (3 July 1917 Salsbruket, Norway – 28 June 1998, Oslo, Norway) was a Norwegian humanitarian leader and the founder of Fransiskushjelpen, a Catholic charitable organisation in Norway. She led the organisation from 1956 u ...

. 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