Hov is the

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of Søndre Land Municipality in

Innlandet Innlandet is a Counties of Norway, county in Norway. It was created on 1 January 2020 with the merger of the old counties of Oppland and Hedmark (Jevnaker Municipality and Lunner Municipality were transferred to the neighboring county of Viken ( ...

county,

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. The village is located in the

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, along the east shore of the large

Randsfjorden Randsfjorden is Norway's fourth-largest lake with an area of . Its volume is estimated at just over , and its greatest depth is . The lake is located at an elevation of above sea level. It is located in Innlandet and Akershus counties in the m ...

where the

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s 34 and 247 meet. Hov lies about to the southwest of the town of

Gjøvik Gjøvik () is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the Gjøvik (town), town of Gjøvik. Some of the villages in Gjøvik include Biri, Norway, Biri, Bybrua, ...

. The village has a population (2021) of 2,054 and a

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of . Hov was located along the Valdresbanen railway line. The railway connected the Gjøvikbanen railway line at

Eina Eina is a village in Vestre Toten Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The village is located along the Gjøvikbanen railway line, between the villages of Jaren and Raufoss. The village of Eina is located south of the municipal centre of R ...

with the town of

Fagernes is a town in Nord-Aurdal Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The town is the administrative centre of the municipality as well as the largest urban/commercial centre for the Valdres region. It is located just northwest of the village of ...

in the district of

Valdres Valdres () is a traditional district in central, southern Norway, situated between the districts of Gudbrandsdalen and Hallingdal. The region of Valdres consists of the six municipalities of Nord-Aurdal, Sør-Aurdal, Øystre Slidre, Vestre S ...

. The railroad had passenger traffic from 1902 to 1988 when it was closed down.

Hov Church Hov Church () is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Sunndal Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located in the village of Sunndalsøra. It is the church for the Hov parish which is part of the Indre Nordmøre prosti ( ...

(''Hov kirke'') is a cruciform style church dating from 1781 that is located in Hov.

Notable residents

* Finn Thrana (1958–2006), lawyer *

Ola Skjølaas Ola Skjølaas (18 September 1941 – 7 July 2006) was a Norwegian veterinarian, civil servant and politician for the Labour Party. He was born in Søndre Land Municipality. A veterinarian by education, he took his doctoral degree in Hannover ...

(1941-2006), politician * Håvard Narum (born 1944), journalist

References

Søndre Land Villages in Innlandet {{Innlandet-geo-stub