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. The 2.27-square-kilometre (560-acre) village has a population (2021) of 2,054 and a population density of 903 inhabitants per square kilometre (2,340/sq mi). Hov Church (Hov kirke) is a cruciform style church dating from 1781 that is located in Hov.