company DSB and local train services to operated by the regional railway company Lokaltog. The western part of the town is also served by the railway halt . Notable people Public Service & public thinking Søren Nielsen May (died 1679 in Holbæk) parish priest and provost in Holbæk Albert Borgard (1659–1751) a Danish artillery and engineer officer Michael Bille (1680–1756 in Holbæk) a Danish Admiral Christen Friis Rottbøll (1727 at Hørbygård–1797) a Danish physician and botanist Ole Johansen Winstrup (1782 in Winstrup–1867) a self-taught Danish engineer and inventor Ludvig Christian Brinck-Seidelin (1787 in Eriksholm–1865) a Danish civil servant, landowner, and politician Ludwig A. Colding (1815–1888) a Danish civil engineer and physicist Edvard Jünger (1823–1899) precision mechanic and instrument maker Ellen Nielsen (1871–1960) a Danish-born teacher and missionary in Manchuria Mads Tofte (born 1959) a Danish computer scientist, brought up in Holbæk Claus Bjørn Larsen (born 1963) award-winning Danish press photographer The Arts Paula Trock (1889–1979) a Danish weaver of curtains in distinguished places Agnete Hoy (1914–2000) British/Danish potter; expertise in glazing and firing Aage Stentoft (1914–1990) composer, film score composer and theatre director Dan Sterup-Hansen (1918–1995) painter and illustrator Niels Bernhart (1946–2008) a Danish pianist, composer and lecturer Inga Nielsen (1946–2008) soprano opera singer Søren Reiff (born 1962) guitarist, producer, composer and author Cutfather (born 1968) stage name of Mich Hedin Hansen, a Danish music producer Jim Lyngvild (born 1978) a Danish designer, writer, fashion columnist and TV personality Mikael Brandrup (born 1984) a Danish visual artist and graphic designer in the USA Sport Niels Tune-Hansen (born 1953) footballer, 220 club caps and 15 for Denmark Susanne Augustesen (born 1956) a Danish former international footballer Christian Poulsen (born 1981) footballer, over 452 club caps and 92 for Denmark Mads Pieler Kolding (born 1988) male badminton player who specializes in doubles Mads Mensah Larsen (born 1991) handball player Simone Boye Sørensen (born 1992) a Danish footballer, plays for Bayern Munich Frederik Colberg (born 1993) a Danish badminton player Nick Sörensen (born 1994) a Danish-born Swedish professional ice hockey player John Axelsen (born 1998) a Danish amateur golfer International relations Twin towns – Sister cities Holbæk is twinned with: Celle, Germany Dorchester, Dorset, United Kingdom. resulted from a shared interest in community plays. Groups of actors from the two towns each took part in the other's community play in the early 1990s and this resulted in the formal twinning in 1992. Botevgrad,