Katrine Winkel Holm
{{Short description|Danish theologian (born 1970)}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Katrine Winkel Holm
| image = Katrine Winkel Holm in 2014.png
| caption = Winkel Holm in 2014
| birth_name = Katrine Krarup
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1970|3|21}}
| birth_place =
| occupation = {{hlist|Theologian|author|priest}}
| nationality = Danish
| education = University of Copenhagen (cand.theol.)
| relatives = Søren Krarup (father)
Marie Krarup (sister)
| children = 3
}}
Katrine Winkel Holm ({{nee|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 from 2014 until 2018. She has been a member of the board of Danish state broadcaster DR since 2006.{{cite encyclopedia|url=https://denstoredanske.lex.dk/Katrine_Winkel_Holm|title=Katrine Winkel Holm|date=9 November 2023|encyclopedia=Den store danske|language=da|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240329210415/https://denstoredanske.lex.dk/Katrine_Winkel_Holm|archive-date=29 March 2024|url-status=live}}
Biography
Winkel Holm grew up in Seem, and is a daughter of priest and politician Søren Krarup and historian Elisabeth Krarup.{{cite news|url=https://www.kristeligt-dagblad.dk/liv-sjael/katrine-winkel-holm-der-er-en-tomhed-og-en-frihed-i-fylde-50|title=Katrine Winkel Holm: Vi må prøve at tale op, at man har meget at byde på, når man er over 50|first=Nanna|last=Schelde|work=Kristeligt Dagblad|date=20 March 2020|language=da|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240329210415/https://www.kristeligt-dagblad.dk/liv-sjael/katrine-winkel-holm-der-er-en-tomhed-og-en-frihed-i-fylde-50|archive-date=29 March 2024|url-status=live}} 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, and a member of the Danish People's Party.{{cite news|url=https://www.weekendavisen.dk/2021-29/samfund/borgerlig-oerkenvandring|title=Borgerlig ørkenvandring|first=Arne|last=Hardis|work=Weekendavisen|date=23 July 2021|language=da|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240329210415/https://www.weekendavisen.dk/2021-29/samfund/borgerlig-oerkenvandring|archive-date=29 March 2024|url-status=live}}
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,{{cite news|url=https://jv.dk/indland/praest-med-et-fast-blik-paa-frihedsidealet|title=Præst med et fast blik på frihedsidealet|work=JydskeVestkysten|agency=Ritzau|date=21 March 2020|language=da|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240329210416/https://jv.dk/indland/praest-med-et-fast-blik-paa-frihedsidealet|archive-date=29 March 2024|url-status=live}} both described as counter-jihad organisations.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bq-IDwAAQBAJ&pg|title=Soldiers of a Different God: How the Counter-Jihad Movement Created Mayhem, Murder and the Trump Presidency|first=Christopher|last=Othen|year=2018|publisher=Amberley|page=99|isbn=9781445678009}}{{cite web|url=https://hopenothate.org.uk/2018/01/11/what-is-counter-jihadism/|title=International counter-jihad organisations|date=11 January 2018|work=Hope not hate|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240407011107/https://hopenothate.org.uk/2018/01/11/what-is-counter-jihadism/|archive-date=7 April 2024}} 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.{{cite news|url=https://www.dagen.no/nyheter/prester-har-dannet-islamkritisk-nettverk/|title=Prester har dannet islamkritisk nettverk|date=27 May 2006|work=Dagen|language=no|url-access=subscription|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240329210415/https://www.dagen.no/nyheter/prester-har-dannet-islamkritisk-nettverk/|archive-date=29 March 2024|url-status=live}} She became chairman of the Danish Free Press Society in 2014 after Hedegaard had been subjected to an assassination attempt,{{cite news|url=https://www.bt.dk/danmark/winkel-holm-i-spidsen-for-trykkefrihedsselskabet|title= Winkel Holm i spidsen for Trykkefrihedsselskabet |first=Mads Mostrup|last=Jensen|work=B.T.|date=21 March 2014|language=da|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240714124207/https://www.bt.dk/danmark/winkel-holm-i-spidsen-for-trykkefrihedsselskabet|archive-date=14 July 2024|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=https://jyllands-posten.dk/indland/ECE6524439/lars-hedegaard-gaar-af-som-formand-for-trykkefrihedsselskabet/|title=Lars Hedegaard går af som formand for Trykkefrihedsselskabet|first=Sarah|last=Kott|work=Jyllands-Posten|date=28 February 2014|language=da|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240405000956/https://jyllands-posten.dk/indland/ECE6524439/lars-hedegaard-gaar-af-som-formand-for-trykkefrihedsselskabet/|archive-date=5 April 2024|url-status=live}} and has previously been the editor of its online magazine Sappho.dk.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7iZOEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA157|pages=157|title=Anders Breivik and the Rise of Islamophobia|first=Sindre|last=Bangstad|publisher=Zed|year=2014|isbn=9781783600106}} She left the position as chairman to Aia Fog in 2018.{{cite news|url=https://www.altinget.dk/civilsamfund/navnenyt/trykkefrihedsselskabet-faar-ny-formand|title=Trykkefrihedsselskabet får ny formand|first=Anders Brønd|last=Christensen|work=Altinget|date=19 March 2018|language=da|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240714124207/https://www.altinget.dk/civilsamfund/navnenyt/trykkefrihedsselskabet-faar-ny-formand|archive-date=14 July 2024|url-status=live}} She has also blogged for Jyllands-Posten, and written numerous newspaper debate articles, including for Document.no, where she has lauded Bruce Bawer's defence of counter-jihad blogger Fjordman among others.
She became parish priest in Borup in 2015, and in 2023 in Slagelse.{{cite news|url=https://www.sn.dk/slagelse-kommune/katrine-er-sct-mikkels-nye-praest/|title= Katrine er Sct. Mikkels nye præst|work=Sjællandske Nyheder|first=Preben|last=Petersen|date=23 April 2023|language=da|url-access=subscription|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240329211918/https://www.sn.dk/slagelse-kommune/katrine-er-sct-mikkels-nye-praest/|archive-date=29 March 2024|url-status=live}} She is married and has three children.
Bibliography
- {{cite book|title=Det Gamle Testamente som teologisk problem|year=2000|publisher=Museum Tusculanum Press|isbn=978-8772896113}}
- {{cite book|title=Og Gud velsignede dem: fire essays om kirke, kærlighed og ægteskab|year=2005|publisher=Aros|isbn=978-8770036016}}
- {{cite book|title=Rend mig i kødgryderne: om kvinderne og det fælles liv|year=2010|publisher=Gyldendal|isbn=978-8702100372}}
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