Carl Peter Holbøll byl synem zahradníka Fridricha Ludeviga Holbølla (1765–1829) a Juliane Fridericy Kompffe (1771–1801). Od roku 1812 byl Holbøll kadetem u námořnictva a v roce 1814 byl propuštěn.
On the Jutland heath near Salling lies Hegnsgaarden. Here reigns the tyrannical and brutal owner Wolle Rævsgaard. His wife Karen has been forced by her father to marry Wolle, although she loves someo…