Early Life
Born in 1947, Holdt was the son of the pastor at Grundtvig's Church in Copenhagen. In 1950, the family moved to Fåborg – a small village near Esbjerg in western Jutland - where he spent most of his childhood. After being thrown out of high school in 1965 he went to Krogerup Folk High school, north of Copenhagen. After 8 months in the Royal Palace Guard he was thrown out and then for a couple years involved in protests against the Vietnam War and the conditions in the Third World.
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