Bernt Anker Collet
Norwegian-born Danish landowner
About Bernt Anker Collet
Lived 1803 – 1857 (aged 53). Bernt Anker Collet was a Danish and Norwegian.
Bernt Anker Collet (8 August 1803 - 2 February 1857) was a Norwegian-born Danish landowner who founded the Danish branch of the Norwegian Collett family. He owned Lundbygård from 1846.
Biography Bent Anker Collett was born into the wealthy Collett family on 8 August 1803. His parents were businessman and judge Peter Collett and Ellertine Severine Bendeke.
He married Emilie Henriette Christense Rørbye. They had two children, the daughter Eilertine Eleonore Collet(born 1834) and the son Peter Ferdinand Collet (born 1836).
He moved to Denmark with his family in 1857 after inheriting Lundbygård on the southern part of Zealand from her aunt Anne Cathrine Arbo née Collett. It had been acquired by her late husband Peter Nicolaj Arbo in 1824.
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Who was Bernt Anker Collet?
Norwegian-born Danish landowner
When was Bernt Anker Collet born?
Bernt Anker Collet was born on 8 August 1803.
When did Bernt Anker Collet die?
Bernt Anker Collet died on 2 February 1857.
What nationality was Bernt Anker Collet?
Bernt Anker Collet was Danish and Norwegian.
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