Holst (surname)

Holst and von Holst are surnames. In Denmark and Norway they are of Medieval origin, meaning Holsatian (person from Holstein). They may refer to:

## Holst

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* Alison Holst (born 1938), New Zealand food writer and television chef
* Amalia Holst (1758–1829), German writer, intellectual, and feminist
* Arne Holst (1904–1991), Norwegian bobsledder
* Axel Holst (1860–1931), Norwegian professor of hygiene and bacteriology
* Bodil Holst, Danish physicist
* Carl Holst (born 1970), Danish politician
* Christian Holst (born 1981), Danish/Faroese football player
* Dagmar Holst, German rower
* Eduard Holst (1843–1899), Danish actor, dancer, playwright and composer
* Elise Holst (1811–1891), Danish stage actress.
* Erika Holst (born 1979), Swedish ice hockey player
* Ewout Holst (born 1978), Dutch swimmer
* Frederik Holst (1791–1871), Norwegian medical doctor
* Gilda Holst (born 1952), Ecuadorian writer
* Gilles Holst (1886–1968), Dutch physicist
* Gustav Holst (1874–1934), English composer
* Hanne-Vibeke Holst (born 1959), Danish author
* Hans Faye Holst (1788–1843), Norwegian politician
* Hans Holst, 17th century Danish woodcarver
* Henning Holst (1891–1975), Danish field hockey player
* Imogen Holst (1907–1984), British conductor, composer and writer, daughter of Gustav Holst
* Johan Jørgen Holst (1937–1994), Norwegian politician
* Johan Throne Holst (1868–1946), Norwegian industrialist and politician
* Kai Holst (1913–1945), Norwegian resistance fighter and member of Milorg
* Knut Holst, Norwegian Nordic skier
* Lars Holst (1848–1915), Norwegian journalist, newspaper editor and politician
* Peter Theodor Holst (1843–1908), Norwegian politician
* Poul Christian Holst (1776–1863), Norwegian government official
* Spencer Holst (1926–2001), American writer and storyteller
* Svea Holst (1901–1996), Swedish film actress
* Theodor von Holst (1810–1844), English painter
* Thomas Holst (born 1964), German serial killer
* Timothy Holst (1947–2009), American ringmaster
* Toke Holst (born 1981), Danish handballer
* Waldemar Holst (1907–1975), German Korvettenkapitän

## von Holst

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* Erich von Holst (1908–1962), German behavioral physiologist
* Erik von Holst (1894–1962), Estonian/German ice yacht designer and sailor
* Hermann Eduard von Holst (1841–1904), Estonian-German-American historian
* Hermann V. von Holst (1874–1955), American architect
* Johan Hübner von Holst (1881–1945), Swedish sport shooter

## Other

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* Maria van der Holst-Blijlevens (born 1946), Dutch sprint canoer
* Niels Holst-Sørensen (1922–2023), commander-in-chief of the Danish Air Force and European champion athlete
* Jon Holst-Christensen (born 1968), Danish retired male badminton player
* Joachim Holst-Jensen (1880–1963), Norwegian film actor
* June Holst-Roness (1929–2008), mayor of Freetown, Sierra Leone

## See also

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* Holst Township, Clearwater County, Minnesota
* Holst's frog
* Holst Singers
* 3590 Holst

Surname list

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