- Johan Collett
Johan Collett (22 March 1775 - 19 June 1827) was a Norwegian politician.
Personal life
He was born as the youngest living son of Johan Collett, Sr. (1734-1806) and Else Elisabeth Jensen (1746-1788). He had both older and younger siblings, but many died young. One of his brothers Jonas was a politician too. [http://www.collettfamilyhistory.net/Part%2024%20-%20The%20Norway%20Line%201655%20to%201810%20Rev.2.htm Collett family part 1] ]
He married Christiane Birgithe de Stockfleth (1782-1829). The couple had eleven children.b] His son
Johan Christian Collett became a politician too. One of their daughters Sophie Augusta Collett (born 1811) married businessmanPeter Severin Steenstrup , and a sonPeter Jonas Collett (born 1813) married noted writer Camilla Wergeland. Through the latter marriage, Johan Collett was the grandfather of Robert andAlf Collett .Career
As a politician, Johan Collett was appointed County Governor of Buskerud in 1814. He succeeded his brother Jonas Collett. He was County Governor until his death in 1827, and was succeeded by
Niels Arntzen Sem . [http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Norway_counties.html Norwegian Counties] — World Statesmen.org]While he was County Governor, he was also elected to the Norwegian Parliament. He was a member of the Constitutional Assembly at Eidsvold in 1814, which formed the
Constitution of Norway , and then a member of the first parliamentary session later in 1814. He was later re-elected to serve three more terms in 1818, 1824 and 1827. [http://www.nsd.uib.no/polsys/index.cfm?urlname=storting&lan=&MenuItem=N1_1&ChildItem=&State=collapse&UttakNr=33&person=10559 Johan Collett] — Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD) ]References
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