Katrine Winkel Holm

Katrine Winkel Holm
Winkel Holm in 2014
Born
Katrine Krarup

(1970-03-21) 21 March 1970 (age 54)
NationalityDanish
EducationUniversity of Copenhagen (cand.theol.)
Occupations
  • Theologian
  • author
  • priest
Children3
RelativesSøren Krarup (father)
Marie Krarup (sister)

Katrine Winkel Holm (née Krarup; born 21 March 1970) is a Danish theologian, priest and author. She co-founded the Danish Free Press Society in 2004, of which she became deputy chairman, and later chairman in 2014.[1] She has been a member of the board of Danish state broadcaster DR since 2006.[2]

Biography

Winkel Holm grew up in Seem, and is a daughter of priest and politician Søren Krarup and historian Elisabeth Krarup.[3] She received a cand.theol. (Master of Theology) from the University of Copenhagen in 1997, and has along with her father been connected to the theological movement Tidehverv,[3] and a member of the Danish People's Party.[4]

She co-founded the Danish Free Press Society with Lars Hedegaard in 2004, and the Islam-Critical Network in 2006 following the Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy,[1][2] both described as counter-jihad organisations.[5][6] The latter was a network of priests in the Church of Denmark which stated that Christians and Muslims do not believe in the same God.[7] She became chairman of the Danish Free Press Society in 2014 after Hedegaard had been subjected to an assassination attempt,[8][9] and has previously been the editor of its online magazine Sappho.dk.[10] She left the position as chairman to Aia Fog in 2018.[11] She has also blogged for Jyllands-Posten, and written numerous newspaper debate articles,[1] including for Document.no, where she has lauded Bruce Bawer's defence of counter-jihad blogger Fjordman among others.[10]

She became parish priest in Borup in 2015,[1][3] and in 2023 in Slagelse.[12] She is married and has three children.[3]

Bibliography

  • Det Gamle Testamente som teologisk problem. Museum Tusculanum Press. 2000. ISBN 978-8772896113.
  • Og Gud velsignede dem: fire essays om kirke, kærlighed og ægteskab. Aros. 2005. ISBN 978-8770036016.
  • Rend mig i kødgryderne: om kvinderne og det fælles liv. Gyldendal. 2010. ISBN 978-8702100372.

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Præst med et fast blik på frihedsidealet". JydskeVestkysten (in Danish). Ritzau. 21 March 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Katrine Winkel Holm". Den store danske (in Danish). 9 November 2023.
  3. ^ a b c d Schelde, Nanna (20 March 2020). "Katrine Winkel Holm: Vi må prøve at tale op, at man har meget at byde på, når man er over 50". Kristeligt Dagblad (in Danish).
  4. ^ Hardis, Arne (23 July 2021). "Borgerlig ørkenvandring". Weekendavisen (in Danish).
  5. ^ Othen, Christopher (2018). Soldiers of a Different God: How the Counter-Jihad Movement Created Mayhem, Murder and the Trump Presidency. Amberley. p. 99. ISBN 9781445678009.
  6. ^ "International counter-jihad organisations". Hope not hate. 11 January 2018. Archived from the original on 7 April 2024.
  7. ^ "Prester har dannet islamkritisk nettverk". Dagen (in Norwegian). 27 May 2006.
  8. ^ Jensen, Mads Mostrup (21 March 2014). "Winkel Holm i spidsen for Trykkefrihedsselskabet". B.T. (in Danish).
  9. ^ Kott, Sarah (28 February 2014). "Lars Hedegaard går af som formand for Trykkefrihedsselskabet". Jyllands-Posten (in Danish).
  10. ^ a b Bangstad, Sindre (2014). Anders Breivik and the Rise of Islamophobia. Zed. p. 157. ISBN 9781783600106.
  11. ^ Christensen, Anders Brønd (19 March 2018). "Trykkefrihedsselskabet får ny formand". Altinget (in Danish).
  12. ^ Petersen, Preben (23 April 2023). "Katrine er Sct. Mikkels nye præst". Sjællandske Nyheder (in Danish).