diff --git a/src/blackmisc/collection.h b/src/blackmisc/collection.h
index d842b2038..7df5c1f8f 100644
--- a/src/blackmisc/collection.h
+++ b/src/blackmisc/collection.h
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #include <type_traits>
 #include <iterator>
 #include <utility>
+#include <initializer_list>
 
 namespace BlackMisc
 {
@@ -33,6 +34,12 @@ namespace BlackMisc
 
         //! Insert a new value into the set.
         typename QMap<T, T>::iterator insert(const T &value) { return QMap<T, T>::insert(value, value); }
+
+        //! Default constructor.
+        QOrderedSet() {}
+
+        //! Initializer list constructor.
+        QOrderedSet(std::initializer_list<T> il) { for (const auto &v : il) { insert(v); } }
     };
 
     /*!
@@ -64,6 +71,11 @@ namespace BlackMisc
          */
         CCollection() : m_pimpl(new Pimpl<QOrderedSet<T>>(QOrderedSet<T>())) {}
 
+        /*!
+         * \brief Initializer list constructor.
+         */
+        CCollection(std::initializer_list<T> il) : m_pimpl(new Pimpl<QOrderedSet<T>>(QOrderedSet<T>(il))) {}
+
         /*!
          * \brief Copy constructor.
          */
diff --git a/src/blackmisc/dictionary.h b/src/blackmisc/dictionary.h
index aae64115b..7d1012de7 100644
--- a/src/blackmisc/dictionary.h
+++ b/src/blackmisc/dictionary.h
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #include "iterator.h"
 #include <QHash>
 #include <utility>
+#include <initializer_list>
 
 namespace BlackMisc
 {
@@ -240,6 +241,9 @@ namespace BlackMisc
         //! Default constructor.
         CDictionary() {}
 
+        //! Initializer list constructor.
+        CDictionary(std::initializer_list<std::pair<Key, Value>> il) : m_impl(il) {}
+
         //! Copy constructor
         CDictionary(const CDictionary &) = default;
 
diff --git a/src/blackmisc/range.h b/src/blackmisc/range.h
index 1e38a4ddd..ed5d802d4 100644
--- a/src/blackmisc/range.h
+++ b/src/blackmisc/range.h
@@ -15,9 +15,20 @@
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <type_traits>
 #include <iterator>
+#include <initializer_list>
 
 namespace BlackMisc
 {
+    namespace Private
+    {
+        // Trait to exclude std::initializer_list from the overload set of CRange conversion operators using SFINAE.
+        // Needed to workaround a bug in MSVC whereby it considers the copy constructor and initializer list constructor
+        // of a container to be ambiguous when converting from a CRange.
+        //! \private
+        template <class T> struct is_initializer_list : public std::false_type {};
+        //! \private
+        template <class T> struct is_initializer_list<std::initializer_list<T>> : public std::true_type {};
+    }
 
     template <class> class CRange;
 
@@ -135,7 +146,8 @@ namespace BlackMisc
         //! @}
 
         //! Implicit conversion to any container of value_type which supports push_back. This will copy elements.
-        template <class T, class = typename std::enable_if<std::is_convertible<value_type, typename T::value_type>::value>::type>
+        template <class T, class = typename std::enable_if<! Private::is_initializer_list<T>::value &&
+                                                           std::is_convertible<value_type, typename T::value_type>::value>::type>
         operator T() const
         {
             T container;
diff --git a/src/blackmisc/sequence.h b/src/blackmisc/sequence.h
index e9518dab2..b56776489 100644
--- a/src/blackmisc/sequence.h
+++ b/src/blackmisc/sequence.h
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #include <type_traits>
 #include <iterator>
 #include <utility>
+#include <initializer_list>
 
 namespace BlackMisc
 {
@@ -50,6 +51,11 @@ namespace BlackMisc
          */
         CSequence() : m_pimpl(new Pimpl<QList<T>>(QList<T>())) {}
 
+        /*!
+         * \brief Initializer list constructor.
+         */
+        CSequence(std::initializer_list<T> il) : m_pimpl(new Pimpl<QList<T>>(QList<T>(il))) {}
+
         /*!
          * \brief Copy constructor.
          */