Alf Collett

Alf Collett (8 August 1844-12 June 1919) was a Norwegian writer and historian.[1][2]

Painting of Alf Collett by Asta Nørregaard from 1915

Alf Collett was born at Eidsvoll in Akershus, Norway. He attended Oslo Cathedral School. He was the second son of professor Peter Jonas Collett (1813-1851) and Camilla Collett (1813-1895). His maternal uncles included Oscar and Henrik Wergeland, and his paternal uncles included Peter Severin Steenstrup. He had one older brother Robert, a notable zoologist, and two younger brothers. He married Mathilda Sophie Kallevig (1845-1915), but they did not have any children.[3][4]

He published many historical and genealogical works,[5] the most important being En gammel Christiania-slægt. Optegnelser om familien Collett og Christianias fortid (1883) and Gamle Christiania-Billeder (1893).

References
  1. Terje Bratberg. "Alf Collett, Jurist, Historiker, Genealog". Norsk biografisk leksikon. Retrieved January 1, 2017.
  2. Collett family Archived December 10, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  3. Sigurd Aa. Aarnes. "Jonas Collett - 2". Norsk biografisk leksikon. Retrieved January 1, 2017.
  4. Kristin Ørjasæter. "Camilla Collett". Norsk biografisk leksikon. Retrieved January 1, 2017.
  5. List of publications in BIBSYS
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