Holmboe is a Scandinavian surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Norwegian family

Jens Holmboe (bailiff) Jens Holmboe (5 November 1752 – 4 December 1804) was a Norwegian bailiff. He is notable for his role in the settling of Målselvdalen. Personal life He was born in Lesja as the son of Hans Jenssen Holmboe (1721–1756) and Birgitte Marie Reinh ...

(1752–1804), Norwegian bailiff *

Even Hammer Holmboe Even Hammer Holmboe (18 November 1792 – 23 December 1859) was a Norwegian 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 brot ...

(1792–1859), Norwegian politician, child of Jens Holmboe *

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 * Leonhard Christian Borchgrevink Holmboe (1802–1887), Norwegian priest and politician, child of Jens Holmboe *

Jens Holmboe (politician) Jens Holmboe (14 July 1821 – 13 July 1891) was a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party. A jurist by education, he was a member of the Norwegian Parliament for five terms, and held several different government posts from 1874 to 1884. ...

(1821–1891), Norwegian politician, grandchild of Jens Holmboe *

Conrad Holmboe Conrad Holmboe (19 September 1828 – 30 June 1923) was a Norwegian businessperson. Personal life He was born in Tromsøe as the son of Michael Wide Holmboe (1791–1863) and his wife Anna Rasch Schjelderup (1794–1878). He had several brothers ...

(1828–1923), Norwegian businessman, grandchild of Jens Holmboe *

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 *

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 ...

(1866–1935), Norwegian painter, great-grandchild of Jens Holmboe *

Cornelius Holmboe Cornelius Holmboe (17 April 1881 – 16 November 1947) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He was Minister of Justice in 1928. Personal life He was born in Tromsø as the youngest son of physician Johannes Michael Holmboe (1844–19 ...

(1881–1947), Norwegian politician, great-grandchild of Jens Holmboe * Carl Fredrik Holmboe (1882-1960), Norwegian engineer, great-grandchild of Jens Holmboe *

Joachim Holmboe Rønneberg Joachim Holmboe Rønneberg (2 May 1851 – 16 September 1929) was a Norwegian wholesaler and politician of the Conservative Party. Biography He was mayor of Ålesund in 1896, deputy mayor 1893–1895 and 1897–1901, and deputy member of parliame ...

(born 1919), Norwegian resistance fighter and broadcaster, great-great-great-grandchild of Jens Holmboe * Tone Groven Holmboe (born 1930), Norwegian composer, married a great-great-great-grandchild of Jens Holmboe *

Bernt Michael Holmboe Bernt Michael Holmboe (23 March 1795 – 28 March 1850) was a Norwegian mathematician. He was home-tutored from an early age, and was not enrolled in school until 1810. Following a short period at the Royal Frederick University, which included a ...

(1795–1850), Norwegian mathematician, grandchild of Otto Holmboe, brother of C.A. *

Christopher Andreas Holmboe Christopher Andreas Holmboe (19 March 1796– 2 April 1882) was a Norwegian philologist, orientalist and numismatist. Holmboe was born at Vang in Oppland, Norway. He was son of parish priest Jens Holmboe and brother of mathematician Bernt Mic ...

(1796–1882), Norwegian philologist, grandchild of Otto Holmboe, brother of B.M. * Arnold Holmboe (1873–1956), Norwegian politician, great-great-grandchild of Otto's first cousin *

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

Knud Holmboe Knud Valdemar Gylding Holmboe (22 April 1902 Horsens Denmark – 13 October 1931 Aqaba, Jordan) was a Danish journalist, author and explorer who converted from Protestantism to Catholicism in 1921, and, after a sojourn in North Africa, ultimatel ...

(1902–1931), Danish journalist and explorer *

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 fa ...

(1909–1996), Danish composer {{surname