Carl Oscar Collett, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Carl Oscar Collett

Norwegian businessman and politician

Date of Birth: 02-Feb-1922

Place of Birth: Oslo, Eastern Norway, Norway

Date of Death: 21-May-2008

Profession: businessperson, politician, land owner

Nationality: Norway

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius


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About Carl Oscar Collett

  • Carl Oscar Collett (2 February 1922 – 21 May 2008) was a Norwegian businessperson and politician for the Conservative Party. He was born in Kristiania as a son of forester Oscar Collett (1877–1950) and Maria Iversen.
  • He was a grandson of Albert Collett and nephew of Arthur, Emil, Johan and Axel Collett. He finished Oslo Commerce School in 1940 and took the examen artium in 1941.
  • He graduated from the National Forestry Academy in Steinkjer in 1943, and took the MBA at Harvard Business School in 1949.
  • In 1948 he married Dagmar Gunla von Sydow Bødtker, a daughter of Henning Bødtker.In 1950 he was hired in the family company Firma Albert Collett.
  • He was a board member from 1954, and from 1963 to 1971 he owned the company together with Albert P.
  • Collett and manager Andreas Ebbing.
  • In 1971 he was hired as manager of Mathiesen Eidsvold Værk.
  • In 1979 he went on to the Forest Industry Research Council.Collett chaired the Conservative Party in Nord-Trøndelag from 1955 to 1957, and was a member of the party's central board the last year.
  • He was a municipal council member in the municipality of Klinga from 1960 to 1964 and in Namsos municipality from 1964 to 1968.
  • He was a working committee member of the employers' association Skogbrukets Arbeidsgiverforening from 1960 to 1970, chairing the organization from 1965 to 1969.
  • He was a board member of the Forestry Association of 1950 from 1959 to 1971, chairing the organization from 1966 to 1970.
  • He became a member of the gentlemen's skiing club SK Fram in 1972.
  • He was also a supervisory council member of Forsikringsselskapet Viking.He died in May 2008 and was buried at Ris.

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