Christian Ancher Collett (30 April 1771 – 10 January 1833) was a Norwegian

Norway

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 engineer.

He was born as the oldest child of Peter Collett and Johanne Henriche Ancher. He had two older half-siblings, as well as eight younger siblings, of whom one died before reaching the age of one.

He married Anna Karine Bie (1775–1856). The couple had five children. Their daughter Johanne Benedicte married Peder Christian Hersleb Kjerschow

Peder Christian Hersleb Kjerschow

Peder Christian Hersleb Kjerschow was a Norwegian clergyman.He was a bishop in the State Church of Norway for twenty-seven years; first in the Diocese of Tromsø from 1830 to 1848 and later in the Diocese of Bjørgvin from 1848 to 1857. Before his appointment as bishop, he was vicar in Aker...

, bishop of the diocese of Bjørgvin

Diocese of Bjørgvin

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. Through this marriage Christian Ancher Collett had the great-grandson Christian Michelsen

Christian Michelsen

Peter Christian Hersleb Kjerschow Michelsen was a Norwegian shipping magnate and statesman. He was the first Prime Minister of an independent Norway from 1905 to 1907...

, statesman and Prime Minister

Prime Minister of Norway

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An engineer, Christian Ancher Collett was a director of Kongsberg Silver Mines

Kongsberg Silver Mines

The silver mines of Kongsberg, in Buskerud county in Norway, constitute the largest mining field in Norway, with over 80 different mines.It was the largest pre-industrial working place in Norway, with over 4,000 workers at its peak in the 1770s and supplied over 10% of the gross national product of...

. In 1816 King Charles II

Charles XIII of Sweden

Charles XIII & II also Carl, , was King of Sweden from 1809 and King of Norway from 1814 until his death...

 appointed him as a consultant (Statlig bygningsinspektør) to manage the royal buildings around Christiania

Oslo

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. The construction of the Royal Palace

Royal Palace, Oslo

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 commenced during this period. He held this position until his death in 1833, and was succeeded by Christian Heinrich Grosch

Christian Heinrich Grosch

Christian Heinrich Grosch was a Norwegian architect.He was born in Halden and educated by his father, Heinrich August Grosch and in Germany and Copenhagen....

. The position is considered the predecessor of the government agency Statsbygg

Statsbygg

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