Peter Holm | |
Birth Place: | Nyborg, Denmark |
Death Place: | Christianssand, Norway |
Citizenship: | Denmark-Norway then Norway |
Office: | Governor of Lister og Mandals amt |
Term Start: | 1773 |
Term End: | 1805 |
Predecessor: | Frederik Georg Adeler |
Successor: | Hans Vilhelm Cederfeld de Simonsen |
Office2: | Governor of Bratsberg amt |
Term Start2: | 1771 |
Term End2: | 1773 |
Predecessor2: | Frederik Georg Adeler |
Successor2: | Frederik Georg Adeler |
Office3: | Governor of Nordland |
Term Start3: | 1767 |
Term End3: | 1771 |
Predecessor3: | Hans Hagerup Gyldenpalm |
Successor3: | Joachim de Knagenhielm |
Peter Holm (1733–1817) was a government official and topographical writer in Denmark-Norway. He served as a County Governor for three different counties in Norway. He was the County Governor of Nordland county from 1767–1771, of Bratsberg county from 1771–1773, and of Lister og Mandal county from 1773 until his retirement on 31 December 1805.[1] [2] After the union between Denmark and Norway ended in 1814. Holm did not return to his birth country of Denmark, but stayed in Norway, and died in Christiansand in 1817.