Edvard Hans Hoff (1838-1933) was a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party. He was Minister of Defense 1889-1891. Hoff was military officer, and was promoted to Lieutenant General (generalløytnant) in 1905. He wrote the first bridge manual in Norway in 1907, titled Bridge - Spillets love, regler og etikette ("Bridge - the Laws, Rules and Etiquette of the game").