Eilif Løvrak Holmesland was a Norwegian jurist and politician for the Liberal Party.

He was born in Kristiania

Oslo

Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...

 as the son of Peter Karl Holmesland

Peter Karl Holmesland

Peter Karl Holmesland was a Norwegian jurist and politician for the Liberal Party.Born in Holme as the son of former parliament member Simon Pedersen Holmesland, he enrolled as a student in 1884, graduated as cand.jur. in 1889 and started working as an attorney. In 1892 he was a clerk for...

 and grandson of Simon Pedersen Holmesland

Simon Pedersen Holmesland

Simon Pedersen Holmesland was a Norwegian politician.He was born Holme in 1823 as the younger brother of Søren Pedersen Jaabæk, who would sit in the Norwegian Parliament from 1845 to 1890...

, both former parliament members. He enrolled as a student in 1914, graduated as cand.jur. in 1919 and started working as an attorney in Gjerpen

Gjerpen

Gjerpen is a former township which is now part of the municipality of Skien, in Telemark county, Norway.-Location:The parish of Gjerpen was established as a municipality January 1, 1838 . According to the 1835 census the municipality had a population of 4,381. Gjerpen was located east of the city...

, where his father was district stipendiary magistrate (sorenskriver). In 1921 he moved to Arendal

Arendal

is a town and municipality in the county of Aust-Agder, Norway. Arendal belongs to the traditional region of Sørlandet.The town of Arendal is the administrative center the municipality and also of Aust-Agder county...

 to work as a lawyer. He became a Supreme Court

Supreme Court of Norway

The Supreme Court of Norway was established in 1815 on the basis of the Constitution of Norway's §88, prescribing an independent judiciary. It is located in Oslo and is Norway's highest court...

 lawyer in 1928.

From 1931 he had been a member of Arendal city council. He served as a deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament during the term 1934–1936, representing the Market towns of Telemark and Aust-Agder counties

Market towns of Telemark and Aust-Agder counties

The Market towns of Telemark and Aust-Agder counties was an electoral district for parliamentary elections in Norway. It comprised the market towns of Brevik, Kragerø, Notodden, Porsgrunn and Skien in Telemark county and Arendal, Grimstad and Risør in Aust-Agder county.The district was...

. He met in parliamentary sessions whenever regular member Anton Alexander

Anton Alexander

Anton Alexander was a Norwegian educator and politician for the Liberal Party.He was born in Tvedestrand as the son of sailor Alexander Paulsen and his wife Anna Andersen . He graduated as cand.real. in 1892, and studied mathematics in Leipzig from 1894 to 1895...

 was unable to show. From 8 May 1945 to 1 December 1945 he was acting County Governor of Aust-Agder.