Holm Jolsen

Holm Pedersen Jolsen (6 December 1833 – 1 August 1906) was a Norwegian industrial pioneer and plant owner. He was born in Raelingen, and was the father of writer Ragnhild Jolsen.

In 1859 he took over the family farm Ekeberg in Enebakk. He established Jolsens Taendstikfabrik, which developed into the largest match factory in Norway in the 1870s, with about 300 employees. In 1887 he established Enebak Cellulosefabrik, which was one of the first pulp mills in Norway. Following a large fire in 1893, Jolsen was bankrupt. in the Jens Bjorneboe roman "Dream and the wheel" he was immortalized.