Holte was born in Kristiania, Norway, on 15 January 1922 to Hildur Jenny Marie Knudsen and Carl Albert Bull.
[2] Holte studied at the Norwegian National Academy of Craft and Art Industry from 1940 to 1944 where she trained as a ceramist.
[1] She is represented in the Norwegian National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design with four paintings, Lier I (1963), Tange (Danmark) (1968), Swaldale in Yorkshire (1974) and Mot aften, Harang.
During the 1950s, Holte and her husband had bought farm Sneie in Åmotsdal which included several historic buildings.
The museum is open every summer and exhibits Holtes works as well as a guest artist each year.