Collett family

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James Collett

Katholm Castle in Denmark

Collett (also spelled Collet) is a Norwegian family of English origin, descended from English-born merchant James Collett (born 1655 in London, 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.^[1] His descendants continued to play important roles in Norwegian history and owned several properties, such as Buskerud Manor, , Flateby, 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[]

• Albert Collett (1842–1896), owner of Firma Albert Collett and Buskerud Manor
• Alf Collett (1844-1919), genealogist
• Axel Collett (1880–1968), co-owner, Firma Albert Collett
• Bernt Anker Collet (1803–1857), owner, Lundbygård
• Bernt Johan Collet (1941–), owner, Lundbygård, Danish Minister of Defense and chamberlain
• Brita Collett Paus (née Collett, 1917-1998), humanitarian
• Camilla Collett (née Wergeland, 1813–1895), writer, often referred to as Norway's first feminist
• Frederik Collett (1839–1914), painter
• James Collett (1655–1727), merchant
• Johan Collett (1775–1827), statesman
• (1758–1810), businessman
• (1807–1891), landowner
• Jonas Collett (1772–1851), statesman
• Mathia Collett (1737-1801), businesswoman, wife of Norway's then richest person
• Mathias Collett (1708-1759), governor
• Peter Collett (1766–1836), supreme court justice
• (1813-1851), jurist
• Robert Collett (1842–1913), zoologist

Literature[]

• Alf Collett: 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 (viser eidsvollsmannens segl med slektsvåpenet)
• Haagen Krog Steffens: Norske Slægter 1912, Gyldendalske Boghandel, Kristiania 1911
• Hugo Høgdahl: Norske ex libris og andre bokeiermerker. Fra biskop Arne Sigurdsson til Gerhard Munthe, Oslo 1946, side 79-81 (Peter Colletts ex libris)
• : «Norske Serafimerridderes våpenskjold», , bind 2, side 234-235, København 1965-1969 (Jonas Colletts våpenplate i Riddarholmskyrkan, Stockholm)
• Hans Cappelen: Norske slektsvåpen, Oslo 1969 (2. opplag 1976), p. 82
• Herman Leopoldus Løvenskiold: Heraldisk nøkkel, Oslo 1978
• og Monica Aase: Segl i Universitetsbiblioteket i Trondheim, Trondheim 1990, side 49

References[]

External links[]

• «Mulighetenes land?», Norsk Folkemuseum exhibition on immigrants to Norway