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Jonas Collin (6 January 1776 - 28 August 1861) was a Danish civil servant and patron of the arts.

Early life and education

Collin was born in Copenhagen, the son of director in Klasselotteriet Niels Collin (1736-97) and Ingeborg Bolten (1735-1817). He grew up in the Collin House in Bredgade. He was taught at home, first by his parents and then by private teachers, including Christopher Frimann Omsen and the priest Michael Gottlieb Birckner.

Career

He studied law at the University of Copenhagenm graduating in 1795. His first job was in his father's office. This left him with enough time to study foreign languages and follow lectures on philosophy, mathematics and physics at the university. In 1800, he passed the examination in surveying. He was a member of Drejer's Club where many of the leading writers of the time met and was himself a contributor to Knud Lyne Rahbek's Minerva and other journals. Collin left the Class Lottery when his father passed away. His contacts among high-ranking civil servants got him a position as a volunteer in the Treasury (Rentekammeret) where he mainly worked in the agriculture departments. In 801, he was appointed as first copyist and then clerk. In 1807, he was 1807 appointed as a bank commissioner and in 1812 as Assessor in Finanskollegiet and in 1916 as a finance deputy (deputeret for finanserne). He worked under first Ernst Schimmelmann and then Johan Sigismund von Møsting.

From early in his career, Collin had thoughts about a fundamental reorganization of the central administration. In 1815 he anonymously published as short article in Minerva in which he mocked the ondolent and incompetent civil servants who only thought of their work as long as they were in their offices instead of "bringing it along wherever they go, going to bed with it at night and getting up with it in the morning". In the same articles he proposed to place the responsibility for the governemtn's government spending and incomes in a single department. On several occasions, personally, he in vain presented the same idea to Møsting. He was a member of the important finance commission which was established in 1836 under the leadership of Adam Wilhelm Moltke. He was a member of the Treasury from 1831-40 He retired in December 1848.

Collin and H. Bech founded Sparekassen for Kjøbenhavn og Omegn in 1820 He worked for the establishment of a public bathing facility at Rysensteen Bastion and the well and mineral water facility in Rosenborg Castle Garden.

Collin was a member of Landhusholdningsselskabet in 1805 and served as president of the association from 1809-55.

Culture

Collin was secretary for the foundation ad usus publicos from 1803 to 1833.This brought him in contact with most of the leading cultural figures of the time.

Personal life

Collin married Henriette Christine Birckner, née Hornemann, (c. 26 November 1772 - 21 May1845) on 13 November 1803 in Ledøje Church. She had previously been married to Michael Gottlieb Birckner, Collin's former teacher.

Written works

Collin published For Historie og Statistik især Fædrelandet in 1822-25.

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Carl Gammeltoft painted by Herman Vedel
Born	(1855-09-20)20 September 1855 Copenhagen, Denmark
Died	1 February 1934(1934-02-01) (aged 78) Copenhagen, Denmark
Nationality	Danish

Carl Gammeltoft (20 September 1855 - 1 February 1934) was a Danish businessman.

Early life and education

Gammeltoft was born in Copenhagen, the son of headmaster and later mayor C. Gammeltoft (1818-73) and Cathrine M. P. Nimb (1817-81). He was an apprentice in Hans Puggaard & Co.. The company played a central role in the Danish Sugar Factories. He later spent a few years abroad, working some of the time for some time for Lloyd's in London.

Career

Back in Denmark, in 1881, he was employedas a senior clerk (prokurist) in the Danish Sugar Factories. In 1882, just 27 years old, he was appointed as director alongside Gustav Adolph Hagemann. Gammeltoft, being an outstanding organizer and merchant, helped the young company successfully through the crisis years for the sugar industry. His strategy during World War I secured Denmark easier and cheaper access to sugar than any other market in Europe. He retired from the company in 1920.

Gammeltoft was a member of Privatbanken's bank council from 1921 to 1928.He was a specialist judge at the Maritime and Commercial Court from 1893 to 1910. He was a chairman of Forsikrings A/S Nye Danske af 1864, Reassuranceforeningen and Kastrup Glasværk.

Personal life

Gammeltoft married Henriette Marie Herforth. They had five children: Svend Aage Gammeltoft, Poul Henrik Gammeltoft, Elisabeth Marie Gammeltoft. Karen Margrethe Gammeltoft and Carl Christian Gammeltoft