Holmboe is a Scandinavian surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Norwegian family
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Jens Holmboe (bailiff) (1752–1804), Norwegian bailiff
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Even Hammer Holmboe (1792–1859), Norwegian politician, child of Jens Holmboe
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Hans Holmboe
Hans Holmboe (8 October 1798 – 23 May 1868) was a Norwegian educator and politician.
Personal life
He was born in Trondenes as the son of bailiff Jens Holmboe (1752–1804) and his wife Anna Margrethe Irgens (1766–1851). He had several broth ...
(1798–1868), Norwegian educator and politician, child of Jens Holmboe
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Leonhard Christian Borchgrevink Holmboe
Leonhard Christian Borchgrevink Holmboe (10 October 1802 – 24 September 1887) was a Norwegian Lutheran minister and politician.
Personal life
He was born in Trondenes as the son of bailiff Jens Holmboe (1752–1804) and his wife Anna Margreth ...
(1802–1887), Norwegian priest and politician, child of Jens Holmboe
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Jens Holmboe (politician) (1821–1891), Norwegian politician, grandchild of Jens Holmboe
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Conrad Holmboe (1828–1923), Norwegian businessman, grandchild of Jens Holmboe
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Johan Henrik Rye Holmboe
Johan Henrik Rye Holmboe (28 November 1863 – 29 May 1933) was a Norwegian businessperson and politician for the Free-minded Liberal Party. He was a city council member in Tromsø for 42 years, a three-term member of Parliament, Minister of ...
(1863–1933), Norwegian politician, great-grandchild of Jens Holmboe
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Thorolf Holmboe
Thorolf Holmboe (10 May 18668 March 1935) was a Norwegian painter, illustrator and designer.
Biography
He was born in Vefsn, in Nordland county, Norway as the oldest son of Othar Ervigius Holmboe and his wife Sofie Birgitte Andrea Hall. He had o ...
(1866–1935), Norwegian painter, great-grandchild of Jens Holmboe
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Cornelius Holmboe (1881–1947), Norwegian politician, great-grandchild of Jens Holmboe
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Carl Fredrik Holmboe
Carl Fredrik Holmboe (25 August 1882 – 15 January 1960) was a Norwegian engineer and business executive.
Biography
He was born in Kristiania (now Oslo), Norway as the only son of Jens Anton Holmboe (1828-92) and his third wife Marie Aarreberg ( ...
(1882-1960), Norwegian engineer, great-grandchild of Jens Holmboe
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Joachim Holmboe Rønneberg (born 1919), Norwegian resistance fighter and broadcaster, great-great-great-grandchild of Jens Holmboe
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Tone Groven Holmboe
Tone Alis Groven Holmboe (9 January 1930 – 10 June 2020) was a Norwegian composer and teacher.
Personal life
She was the second daughter of composer and innovator Eivind Groven, and teacher and singer Ragna Groven.
She was married to Adler Ho ...
(born 1930), Norwegian composer, married a great-great-great-grandchild of Jens Holmboe
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Bernt Michael Holmboe (1795–1850), Norwegian mathematician, grandchild of Otto Holmboe, brother of C.A.
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Christopher Andreas Holmboe (1796–1882), Norwegian philologist, grandchild of Otto Holmboe, brother of B.M.
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Arnold Holmboe
Arnold Holmboe (11 March 1873 – 27 July 1956) was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party. He was mayor of Tromsø, two-term member of the Norwegian Parliament as well as Minister of Justice from 1922 to 1923 and Minister of Finance from 19 ...
(1873–1956), Norwegian politician, great-great-grandchild of Otto's first cousin
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Jørgen Holmboe
Jørgen Holmboe (November 8, 1902 – October 29, 1979) was a Norwegian-American meteorologist.
Life and career
Jørgen Holmboe was born near Hammerfest, Norway, on an island a short distance from the northernmost point in Norway. He was the ...
(1902–1979), Norwegian-American meteorologist, great-grandson of Leonhard Christian Borchgrevink Holmboe
Other
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Knud Holmboe (1902–1931), Danish journalist and explorer
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Vagn Holmboe
Vagn Gylding Holmboe (, 20 December 1909 – 1 September 1996) was a Danish composer and teacher.
Life
Vagn Holmboe was born in Horsens, Jutland, into a merchant family of dedicated amateur musicians. Both parents played the piano. His fath ...
(1909–1996), Danish composer
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