Nicolai Abraham Holten (27 March 1775 – 12 May 1850) was a Danish civil servant in the financial administration and director of Øresund Custom House.

His grand father was royal furniture maker Johann von Holten and he was named after his maternal uncle Nicolai Abraham Abildgaard.

He headed to the office for foreign payments in 1817–1839 and was a member of a commission that made a proposal for the important Negotiable Instrument Act (veksellov) of 1825.

Holten was appointed director of Øresund Customs House [da] in Helsingør in 1830 but continued as a member of the governing board of the national debt department until 1848.

Holten married Johanne (Hanne) Cathrine Kirstine Mangor (2 May 1778 – 20 November 1869) in the Church of the Holy Ghost in Copenhagen on 15 May 1799.