Peter Collett Solberg

Peter Collett Solberg (28 October 1866 – 10 December 1934) was a Norwegian businessperson and politician for the Conservative Party. He served three terms in the Norwegian Parliament, and played an important role in the companies And. H. Kiær & Co and Norsk Elektrisk & Brown Boveri.[1]

Early life

Collett Solberg was born on the farm Kobbervik in the parish of Skouger in Drammen, Norway. He was the son of businessman and politician Svend Adolph Solberg (1831-1890) and his wife Christiane Louise Arbo (1833-1913). He finished his secondary school at Drammen in 1884, and took the cand.jur. degree in 1888.[2] [3]

Professional career

In 1890, Solberg was hired in the family company And. H. Kiær & Co in Fredrikstad.[4] He built the company into a large corporation together with three members of the Kiær family; Elias C. Kiær and cousins Hans and Frits Kiær. [5] Solberg was also among the builders of the company Norsk Elektrisk & Brown Boveri (NEBB), and served as chair of that company until his death.[6][7][8]

Politics

Solberg was elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1898, representing the constituency of Fredrikstad, and was re-elected in 1900 and 1904.[3] He was a member of Fredrikstad City Council from 1905 to 1907,[9] and was also a member of Kristiania City Council, albeit for an unknown amount of time.[3]

Personal life

Solberg married his second cousin Anna Margrethe Kiær (1872-1963), daughter of industrialist Anders Ferrand Kiær (1825-1898) and his second wife, Martine Cappelen (1828–1875).[10] [9] Peter Collett Solberg and Anna Kiær had three daughters and two sons. In the 1900 census the family was registered as housing five domestic maids, a gardener and a coachman.[11] Their son Sven Adolf Solberg (1896-1981) took over as CEO of Norsk Elektrisk & Brown Boveri in 1926, and married Catharine Wilhelmsen (1896-1951), a daughter of ship-owner Halfdan Wilhelmsen (1864-1923) and granddaughter of shipping magnate Wilhelm Wilhelmsen.[12][13] [14]

References

  1. ↑ Knut Dørum. "Peter Collett Solberg". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved January 1, 2017.
  2. ↑ Geir Thorsnæs. "Skoger – kommune". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved January 1, 2017.
  3. 1 2 3 Peter Collett Solberg – Norwegian Social Science Data
  4. ↑ Knut Sogner. "Peter Collett Solberg". Norsk biografisk leksikon. Retrieved January 1, 2017.
  5. ↑ Knut Sogner. "Elias C Kiær". Norsk biografisk leksikon. Retrieved July 1, 2017.
  6. ↑ Jon Gunnar Arntzen. "Kiær". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved January 1, 2017.
  7. ↑ "And. H. Kiær & Co Ltd. Historikk". arkivportalen.no. Retrieved July 1, 2017.
  8. ↑ "Norsk Elektrisk & Brown Bovery". arkivportalen.no. Retrieved July 1, 2017.
  9. 1 2 "Solberg, Peter Collett". Store norske leksikon. Kunnskapsforlaget. 2007.
  10. ↑ Eirik Schibsted. "Anders F Kiær". Norsk biografisk leksikon. Retrieved July 1, 2017.
  11. ↑ "Information on domicile". Norwegian Historical Data Centre. University of Tromsø. Retrieved 31 January 2009.
  12. ↑ Johnsen, Oscar Albert, ed. (2004). Sem og Slagen. En bygdebok (in Norwegian) (electronic ed.). Tønsberg: Vestfold University College. Retrieved 31 January 2009.
  13. ↑ Bård Kolltveit. "Wilhelm Wilhelmsen". Norsk biografisk leksikon. Retrieved July 1, 2017.
  14. ↑ Bård Kolltveit. "Halfdan Wilhelmsen". Norsk biografisk leksikon. Retrieved July 1, 2017.
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