Career
He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Hordaland in 1954, and was re-elected on three occasions. He had previously served as a deputy representative in the period 1950–1953. Hordvik was born in Hamre and mayor of Hamre municipality in 1937–1938, and mayor of Åsane municipality in the periods 1945–1947, 1947–1951 and 1951–1955.