Lars Holst

{{Short description|Norwegian journalist, newspaper editor and politician}} {{Use dmy dates | date=January 2024}} {{Infobox person | name = Lars Holst | image = Lars Holst.jpg | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1848|11|22|df=y}} | birth_place = Bergen | death_date = {{Death date and age|1915|5|31|1848|11|22|df=y}} | death_place = | other_names = | parents = | children = | relatives = | spouse = Fernanda Thomesen | occupation = Journalist<br>Newspaper editor<br>Politician | years_active = | known_for = Editor-in-chief of ''Dagbladet''<br>Chairman of the Liberal Party of Norway | notable_works = | awards = }}

'''Lars Kristian Holst''' (22 November 1848 – 31 May 1915) was a Norwegian journalist, newspaper editor and politician.<ref name=nbl>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Lars Holst|encyclopedia=Norsk biografisk leksikon|editor=Helle, Knut|first=Leiv|last=Mjeldheim|authorlink=Leiv Mjeldheim| publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |url=http://www.snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Lars_Holst/utdypning|accessdate=27 April 2009}}</ref>

==Biography== Holst was born in Bergen, Norway. He was the son of shipmaster Søren Dalholt Holst (1811–84) and Catharina Krohn (1814–1903). He graduated from the University of Christiania (now University of Oslo) and earned his law degree in 1871. In 1872, he moved to Bergen and worked for ''Bergens Tidende'' from 1874. In 1883, he was made Chief editor of ''Dagbladet''. He was editor-in-chief of ''Dagbladet'' from 1883 to 1898 and Chairman of the Liberal Party of Norway from 1900 to 1903.<ref name=snl>{{cite encyclopedia|year=2007|title=Lars Kristian Holst|first=Magnus A.|last=Mardal|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|editor=Henriksen, Petter|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget|url=http://www.snl.no/Lars_Kristian_Holst|accessdate=26 April 2009}}</ref> In 1884 he was a co-founder of the Norwegian Association for Women's Rights.<ref>"[http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_bergenstidende_null_null_18841118_17_269_1#1 Indbydelse til at indtræde i Norsk Kvindesags-Forening stiftet den 28de Juni 1884]," ''Bergens Tidende'', 18 November 1884</ref>

==Personal life== He was a nephew of Henrik Krohn. Through his sister Christine Margrethe, he was a brother-in-law of Nils Wichstrøm.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Henrik Krohn |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo |url=http://www.snl.no/Henrik_Krohn |access-date=July 1, 2016}}</ref> <ref>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Nils Wichstrøm|encyclopedia=Norsk biografisk leksikon|editor=Helle, Knut|first=Thoralf|last=Berg|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget|url=http://www.snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Nils_Wichstr%C3%B8m/utdypning|accessdate=27 April 2009}}</ref> He was married to journalist Fernanda Thomesen from 1882 to 1895. Lars Holst died in 1915 and was buried in the churchyard of Old Aker Church in Oslo.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://wfpp.cdrs.columbia.edu/pioneer/fernanda-nissen/ |title=Fernanda Nissen |publisher=Women Film Pioneers Project at Columbia University|author= Myrstad, Anne Marit |date= February 19, 2016 |accessdate= July 1, 2016}}</ref>

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{{s-start}} {{s-media}} {{succession box |before=Samuel Frederik Bætzmann |title=Chief editor of ''Dagbladet'' |years=1883–1898 |after=Harald Kristoffersen }} {{s-ppo}} {{succession box |before=Viggo Ullmann|title=Chairman of the Liberal Party |years=1900–1903 |after=Carl Berner }} {{s-end}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Holst, Lars}} Category:1848 births Category:1915 deaths Category:Politicians from Bergen Category:Liberal Party (Norway) politicians Category:Norwegian newspaper editors Category:Dagbladet people Category:Norwegian Association for Women's Rights people