Emma Holten (born 1991) is a Danish author, debater and public speaker with a master's degree in modern culture and cultural dissemination from the University of Copenhagen. She first became widely known in Denmark in 2014 for her stand against revenge porn, and has since worked internationally on feminist causes and feminist economics. Her 2024 debut book 'Underskud' (Deficit), about how economic models render care work invisible, has been sold for publication in more than ten languages.
Emma Holten modtog Modersmål-Prisen 2026 ved sprogfestivalen SPROGENSE i Bogense for sin brug af sproget i 'Underskud'.
Holten holdt foredrag om omsorgsarbejdets skjulte værdi på Hobro Bibliotek i Mariagerfjord.
'Underskud' fortsatte med at give anledning til faglig debat blandt økonomer, som i en Djøfbladet-artikel både kritiserede og roste bogens pointer.
Emma Holten vandt Læsernes Bogpris 2025 for 'Underskud' ved Det Bibliotekspolitiske Topmøde i Herning.
Bogen modtog desuden Politikens Litteraturpris i kategorien 'Den fælles samtale'.
Emma Holten and Sine Plambech discuss debt, power and morality in relation to David Graeber's influential work. The conversation is recorded for the podcast "The Planetary Library".
Gry Worre Hallberg and feminist Emma Holten explore poetic and caring ways of living through conversation and performative exercise at Bank og Sparekassemuseet.
