Hov

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Hov

Total population

2,156

Land area2.28 km²

Coordinates60.70°, 10.35°

Demographic figures from Statistics Norway (SSB). Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Hov is the administrative centre of Søndre Land Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The village is located in the traditional region of Land, along the east shore of the large Randsfjorden where the Norwegian county roads 34 and 247 meet. Hov lies about 30 kilometres (19 mi) to the southwest of the town of Gjøvik.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Anna Rogstad

Norwegian politician (1854-1938)

Peder Aadnes

Norwegian painter (1739-1792)

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Øyvind Myhre

Norwegian author

Hans Thomas Meinich

Norwegian politician (1819-1878)

Jørgen Meinich

Industrialist and city councillor of Kristiania (1820–1911)

Arne Henriksen

Norwegian architect

Christian Ancher

Norwegian merchant and ship-owner (1711-1765)

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Finn Thrana

Norwegian lawyer

P

Per Blom

Norwegian actor, film director and screenwriter (1946–2013)

Johan Peter Weisse

Norwegian philologist

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Ola Skjølaas

Norwegian politician (1941–2006)

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Ola Viker

Norwegian writer (1897–1972)

Wilhelm Christian Magelssen

Norwegian politician (1867-1930)

Anne-Marte Kolbjørnshus

Norwegian politician

Hans Olav Brenner

Norwegian cultural journalist, television presenter, and actor (born 1978)

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Håvard Narum

Norwegian journalist

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Innlandet

• Padola
  977.8 mi away · pop. 933
• Dosoledo
  978 mi away · pop. 460
• Giralba
  979.2 mi away
• San Nicolò di Comelico
  979.3 mi away · pop. 426
• Costalta
  979.6 mi away
• Valle
  980 mi away
• Costalissoio
  980.1 mi away
• San Pietro di Cadore
  980.3 mi away · pop. 1,839
• Auronzo di Cadore
  981.2 mi away · pop. 3,028
• Arabba
  983.2 mi away · pop. 275
• Lorenzago di Cadore
  986.2 mi away · pop. 578
• Serdes
  987.3 mi away

Browse all places in Innlandet →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

European Toad

Bufo bufo

Seen 2026-08-16

Common Crane

Grus grus

Seen 2026-08-16

Common Tansy

Tanacetum vulgare

Seen 2026-07-23

Copse Snail

Arianta arbustorum

Seen 2026-07-18

Arran Brown

Erebia ligea

Seen 2026-07-17

Hawfinch

Coccothraustes coccothraustes

Seen 2026-07-12

Common Wood-Pigeon

Columba palumbus

Seen 2026-07-12

Eurasian Siskin

Spinus spinus

Seen 2026-07-12

Eurasian Goshawk

Astur gentilis

Seen 2026-07-12

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).