Lars Kristian Holst was a Norwegian journalist, newspaper editor and politician. He was editor-in-chief of Dagbladet

Dagbladet

Dagbladet is Norway's second largest tabloid newspaper, and the third largest newspaper overall with a circulation of 105,255 copies in 2009, 18,128 papers less than in 2008. The editor in chief is Lars Helle....

from 1883 to 1898 and chairman of the Liberal Party of Norway from 1900 to 1903.

Personal life

Holst was born in Bergen

Bergen

Bergen is the second largest city in Norway with a population of as of , . Bergen is the administrative centre of Hordaland county. Greater Bergen or Bergen Metropolitan Area as defined by Statistics Norway, has a population of as of , ....

, as the son of shipmaster Søren Dalholt Holst and Catharina Krohn. He was a nephew of Henrik Krohn

Henrik Krohn

Henrik Krohn was a Norwegian poet, magazine editor and proponent for Nynorsk language. He was born in Bergen. Among his works is the poetry collection Smaakvæde from 1867. He founded the Nynorsk organization Vestmannalaget in 1868, and edited the organization's magazine Fraa by og bygd. A...

. Through his sister Christine Margrethe he was a brother-in-law of Nils Wichstrøm

Nils Wichstrøm

Nils Wichstrøm was a Norwegian actor and stage instructor. He joined the Bergen theatre Den Nationale Scene from its start in 1876, and was the theatre's first stage instructor and artistic leader from 1876. He died from appendicitis in 1879....

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He was married to journalist Fernanda Thomesen

Fernanda Nissen

Petra Gregorine Fernanda Nissen was a Norwegian journalist, literary critic, theatre critic, politician and feminist pioneer.-Early and personal life:...

from 1882 to 1895.