It is located in the village of Hausvik on the western shore of the island of Osterøy.

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

The church was purchased by Christian Krogh from Bergen at the auction.

Each church parish was a constituency that elected people called "electors" who later met together in each county to elect the representatives for the assembly that was to meet in Eidsvoll later that year.

In 1861, the current owner of the church sold it to the municipality and it was no longer privately owned.

The architect was Old Vangberg and the lead builders were Askild Aase and Mikjel Svenheim.