- Johan Christian Collett
Johan Christian Collett (
23 July 1817 -29 April 1895 ) was Norwegian politician.Personal life
Johan Christian Collett was the son of
Johan Collett (1775-1827), among the founders of the Norwegian Constitution, and Christiane Birgithe de Stockfleth (1782-1829). He had four brothers and six sisters, although three siblings died young. [ [http://www.collettfamilyhistory.net/Part%2024%20-%20The%20Norway%20Line%201655%20to%201810%20Rev.2.htm Collett family part 1] ] His brother Peter Jonas married Camilla Wergeland, and his sister Sophie Augusta marriedPeter Severin Steenstrup .He married his second cousin Johanne Christiane Collett (1822-1914). The couple had two daughters. [ [http://www.collettfamilyhistory.net/Part%2024%20-%20The%20Norway%20Line%201810%20to%201890%20Rev.4.htm Collett family part 2] ]
Career
He was
County Governor of "Kristians amt" (today named Oppland) from 1854 to 1859 and of "Akershus amt" from 1859 to 1895. [http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Norway_counties.html Norwegian Counties] — World Statesmen.org]He was acting Minister of the Interior in 1861, temporarily appointed councillor of state "in interim" 1881, and acting Minister of Auditing in 1884. [http://www.nsd.uib.no/polsys/index.cfm?urlname=&lan=&MenuItem=N1_1&ChildItem=&State=collapse&UttakNr=33&person=4046 Johan Christian Collett] — Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD) ]
He was awarded the
Order of St. Olav in 1892. [ [http://www.saintolav.com/grandcrossawards/civilianawards.html ST. OLAV GRAND CROSS CIVIL CLASS - Johan Christian Collett, Amtmann, 1892] atRoyal Norwegian Order of St. Olav ]References
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