Early Life
Holtermann was the son of the district physician Sven Ruud Holtermann (1854–1916). He served in Sokndal, and Hans Reidar Holtermann grew up there. He was a nephew of architect Ove Bjelke Holtermann and a grandnephew of architect Peter Høier Holtermann.
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