Katrine Winkel Holm Explained

Katrine Winkel Holm
Birth Name:Katrine Krarup
Birth Date:1970 3, df=yes
Nationality:Danish
Education:University of Copenhagen (cand.theol.)
Relatives:Søren Krarup (father)
Marie Krarup (sister)
Children:3

Katrine Winkel Holm (; 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. She has been a member of the board of Danish state broadcaster DR since 2006.[1]

Biography

Winkel Holm grew up in Seem, and is a daughter of priest and politician Søren Krarup and historian Elisabeth Krarup.[2] 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,[2] and a member of the Danish People's Party.[3]

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,[4] [1] 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,[4] 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,[4] [2] and in 2023 in Slagelse.[12] She is married and has three children.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Katrine Winkel Holm. 9 November 2023. Den store danske. da.
  2. News: Katrine Winkel Holm: Vi må prøve at tale op, at man har meget at byde på, når man er over 50. Nanna. Schelde. Kristeligt Dagblad. 20 March 2020. da.
  3. News: Borgerlig ørkenvandring. Arne. Hardis. Weekendavisen. 23 July 2021. da.
  4. News: Præst med et fast blik på frihedsidealet. JydskeVestkysten. Ritzau. 21 March 2020. da.
  5. Book: Othen, Christopher. Soldiers of a Different God: How the Counter-Jihad Movement Created Mayhem, Murder and the Trump Presidency. 2018. Amberley. 99. 9781445678009.
  6. Web site: International counter-jihad organisations. 11 January 2018. Hope not hate. https://web.archive.org/web/20240407011107/https://hopenothate.org.uk/2018/01/11/what-is-counter-jihadism/. 7 April 2024.
  7. News: Prester har dannet islamkritisk nettverk. 27 May 2006. Dagen. no.
  8. News: Winkel Holm i spidsen for Trykkefrihedsselskabet . Mads Mostrup. Jensen. B.T.. 21 March 2014. da.
  9. News: Lars Hedegaard går af som formand for Trykkefrihedsselskabet. Sarah. Kott. Jyllands-Posten. 28 February 2014. da.
  10. Book: Bangstad, Sindre. Anders Breivik and the Rise of Islamophobia. 157. Zed. 2014. 9781783600106.
  11. News: Trykkefrihedsselskabet får ny formand. Anders Brønd. Christensen. Altinget. 19 March 2018. da.
  12. News: Katrine er Sct. Mikkels nye præst. Sjællandske Nyheder. Preben. Petersen. 23 April 2023. da.