Anne Cathrine Collett


Anne Cathrine Collett, was a Norwegian-Danish landowner. She was one of the wealthiest women in Denmark of her time. She owned Lundbygård and Oremandsgaard from 1827 until 1846.

Biography

Anne Cathrine Collett was born on 19 February 1768 into the wealthy Collett family of timber merchants in Christiania. Her parents were Peter Collett of Buskerud and Maren Kirstine Holmboe. She Married Peter Nicolaj Arbo who subsequently entered the family's company Collett & Søn.
The couple moved to Copenhagen where they lived in the Peschier House at Holmens Kanal 12. Her husband acquired the estates Aldershvile at Bagsværd north of Copenhagen and Lundbygård and Oremandsgaard at Oræstø. After his death in 1827, she ran the estates with the assistance of count Knuth.
She died on 27 January 1846. Having no children, she left her estate to her nephew Bernt Anker Collet.