Isak Kobro Collett (19 January 1867 – 2 September 1911) was a

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politician for the

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Personal life

He was born as the second son of Thomas Collett (1835–1898) and Sine Kobro (1843–1920),Collett family part 2
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— Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD) where his father was stationed as a county physician. He had one older and two younger brothers. His great-grandfather was Jonas Collett, among the founding fathers of the Norwegian Constitution. He married Jenny Augusta Arntzen (1875–1951). The couple had six children, some of whom died young.

Career

He took secondary education in

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, and graduated as cand.med. in 1894. He was appointed acting county physician (equivalent to

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) in Modum in 1898. He started a private practice in Eidsvold in 1898, but again became county physician, this time in

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from 1905. Involved in politics, he was a member of Eidsvold

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, and even deputy mayor for some time. He served as a deputy representative to the

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during the term 1910–1912, representing the constituency ''Øvre Romerike''. He did meet in the place of Johan Opsahl, but died midway during the term.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Collett, Isak Kobro 1867 births 1911 deaths Norwegian municipal physicians Deputy members of the Storting Conservative Party (Norway) politicians Akershus politicians