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

• 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 (born 1942), 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 (1952–2024), 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
• Per Holst (1939–2025), Danish film producer and director
• 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

• 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

• 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

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