Local politics A member of the municipal council of
Bømlo Municipality from 2007 to 2019, Hovland served as mayor of Bømlo from 2011 to 2019.
Parliament He was elected representative to the
Storting from the constituency of
Hordaland for the period 2021–2025, for the
Labour Party. In the Storting, he is a member of the
Standing Committee on Justice from 2021 to 2025. ==References==