The Holtet family, originating from Volstrup parish in Jutland

Jutland

Jutland , historically also called Cimbria, is the name of the peninsula that juts out in Northern Europe toward the rest of Scandinavia, forming the mainland part of Denmark. It has the North Sea to its west, Kattegat and Skagerrak to its north, the Baltic Sea to its east, and the Danish–German...

, Denmark

Denmark

Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...

. A book, "The Holtet Family - A Family Genealogy" was written in 1932. Today, it is present on the Internet with a short translation into English. Also see the Danish Wiki about more exact details. Descendants have emigrated to the United States and Mexico. Among them is Niels Leonard Holtet, an American Civil Servant working in the Department of Health & Human Services.

External links

• The Danish Wiki about Holtet
• The Holtet Family - A Family Genealogy
• Holtet's in the United States - Alexander Holtet