Date of birth: 29 September 1962
Son of chairman Leiv Hovland (1933–) and nurse Elisabeth Nordstrand (1934–)

Parliamentary terms

Member of Parliament no. 5 for Hordaland, 2021–2025, Labour Party

Storting committees

2021–2025

Substitute member, Election Committee, 9 October 2021–26 October 2021
Member, Standing Committee on Justice, 19 October 2021–30 September 2025
Member, Election Committee, 26 October 2021–30 September 2025

Parliamentary delegations

2021–2025

Substitute member, Delegation to the Nordic Council, 28 October 2021–30 September 2022

Education and professional experience

Education

Åsane Gymnasium, social studies programme 1978–1981
Officer training school, Army transport corps and Army quartermaster corps, military police programme 1982–1983
Police college, police programme 1984–1986
Norwegian Police University College, management and organisational development part I 2004–2005 (30 credits)
Norwegian Police University College, management and organisational development part II 2006–2007 (30 credits)

Professional

Postal worker, temporary, Sandviken Post Office 1981–1982
Sergeant, 2 Battalion, Northern Norway Brigade 1983–1984
Police officer, Rjukan police station 1986–1987
Police officer, Bømlo rural police station 1987–1997, 1999–2000
Police officer, Fitjar rural police station 1997–1999
Police sergeant, Stord rural police station 2000–2001
Superintendent, Stord rural police station 2001–2002
Superintendent, Stord rural police station 2002–2007
Chief inspector, Stord rural police district 2007–2011 (on leave from 2011 to 2019 due to election as mayor)
Chief inspector, Stord rural police/police station district 2019–2021 (on leave since the autumn of 2021 due to service as member of parliament)

Appointments

Municipal political service

Substitute member, Bømlo Municipal Council 1995–1999, member 2007–2011, Mayor 2011–2015, 2015–2019

Elected party positions

Treasurer, Bømlo Labour Party 1994–2001, board member 2007–2012, local party chair 2012–2017

Other administrative appointments

Chair, Norwegian Association of Local and Regional Authorities, Hordaland County Board 2015–2019
Board member, Norwegian Association of Local and Regional Authorities Central Executive Committee 2015–2019