Johan Collett

Johan Collett (22 March 1775 – 19 June 1827) was a Norwegian politician and public administrator.

[1] He was born at Rønnebæksholm in Næstved, Denmark,[2] as the youngest living son of Johan Collett, Sr. (1734–1806) and Else Elisabeth Jensen (1746–1788).

In 1802, he enter public service as Bailiff in Buskerud, Norway.

He was County Governor until his death in 1827, and was succeeded by Niels Arntzen Sem.

One of their daughters Sophie Augusta Collett (born 1811) married businessman Peter Severin Steenstrup, and a son Peter Jonas Collett (born 1813) married noted writer Camilla Wergeland.