Leonhard Christian Borchgrevink Holmboe (10 October 1802 – 24 September 1887) was a Norwegian Lutheran minister and politician.

He was born on 10 October 1802, in Trondenes Municipality as the son of bailiff Jens Holmboe (1752–1804) and his wife Anna Margrethe Irgens (1766–1851).

[1] His brothers Even and Hans became involved in politics, so did his nephew Jens Holmboe.

[3] (which at that time included both the present-day Finnmark and Troms counties) He worked as a minister, being appointed as vicar in Buksnes Municipality in 1827,[4] dean in Tromsøe in 1839 and vicar in Jevnaker Municipality in 1860.

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