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Poul Christian Holst (21 January 1776 – 7 August 1863) was a

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government official who held several positions in the period 1814–1848. Holst led negotiations over debt with Denmark in 1817, after the dissolution of the

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between the two countries in 1814.

Biography

Holst was born at

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, Norway. He was the son of parish priest Christian Holst (1743–1824) and Marthe Grønbech (1743–1886). He studied both theology and law at the

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from which he graduated in 1798. In 1806 as, he was bailiff at

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. In 1813, he was appointed acting district governor in

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. He was the functioning head of the First Ministry (finance and taxes) in 1814, state secretary 1814–1822, member of the Council of State Division in

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in various periods between 1823–1844, Minister of the Navy 1824–1825,

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1825–1826, 1827–1832, 1833–1836 and 1837–1838, and Minister of Education and Church Affairs 1822–1823, 1835, 1836–1839, 1840–1843 and 1844–1848.

Personal life

He was married in 1804 to Bodil Cecilie Klinck (1781–1856), daughter Jens Peter Klinck (1742–1804) and Christiane Amalie Schmidt (1742–1802). He died in Christiania (now Oslo) in 1863 and was buried at

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. His memoires were published posthumously, in the years 1875 and 1876, under the title ''P. C. Holsts Efterladte Optegnelser om sit Liv og sin Samtid'' ("P. C. Holts' Surviving Writings about His Life and His Times'').

References

1776 births 1863 deaths People from Røyken Ministers of Finance of Norway Government ministers of Norway 18th-century Norwegian lawyers University of Copenhagen alumni Ministers of Justice of Norway Ministers of Education of Norway 19th-century Norwegian lawyers {{Norway-politician-1770s-stub