Emma Holten (b. 1991) is the author of the 2024 book Deficit, which has sold more than 50.000 copies in Denmark and is sold for publication in 10 countries. She has delivered numerous keynotes across Europe and in the US, and she gives talks at educational institutions, organisations and businesses.

She has started to write bi-monthly pieces for a Danish newspaper, also published in media in Norway, Sweden and Italy.

She is on the board at Digitalt Ansvar, and is a board member at Blaagaard Teater. She sat on the European Institute of Gender Equality Experts Forum as an expert in feminist economics, and is on Human Rights Watch’s advisory committee on Women’s Rights. In 2023 she was appointed as advisor to the government’s investigation of power in Denmark.

Holten has translated Chris Kraus’ collection of essays Where Art Belongs (2021), Silvia Federici’s Caliban and the Witch (2023) and Melissa Broder’s novels The Pisces (2022) and Milk Fed (2023) into Danish.

She holds a BA in Comparative Literature (2011) and an MA in Modern Culture (2017), both from The University of Copenhagen, with exchanges at Barnard and Uppsala Universities. She lives in Copenhagen.

It is possible to book Holten for talks, workshops and courses at workplaces, organisations and educational institutions (in Danish, Swedish or English) about feminist economics, sexism, diversity, sexual violations and digital harassment.

Holten is also available as a moderator and interviewer. Contact her here.