It is the church for the Hatlestrand parish which is part of the Sunnhordland prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Bjørgvin.

The white, wooden church was built in a long church design in 1885 using plans drawn up by the architects Conrad Fredrik von der Lippe and Kjartan Imsland.

The new parish included the northern portion of Kvinnherad municipality located on the west side of the fjord.

It was designed by Conrad Fredrik von der Lippe and Kjartan Imsland.

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