Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei pene - I whanau a Hovig i Verran i Nord-Trøndelag, Norway. Ko ia te tama a Johannes Sigurd Hovig (1895-1953) me Gudlaug Pauline Taugstad (1900-1969). I whakaoti a Hovig i ana akoranga i te Norwegian Institute of Technology i te 1946. Ko ia te kaihoahoa taone i te wa o te whakahoutanga o Narvik 1947-1950. I whakangaromia a Narvik i te pakanga
i te tau 1940 hei wāhanga o te pakanga Norwegian o te whakaekenga Tiamana o Norway. I te tau 1950 ka neke ia ki Oslo ka whakatu i tana ake tari. I te 1956 ka uru a Hovig ki te hononga ki a Christian Norberg-Schulz. Mai i te 1972 ka uru a Hovig ki te hononga ki a Helge B. Kvernes i Porsgrunn.