It is located in the village of Hersvikbygda, on the northern part of the island of Sula.

It is one of the three churches for the Solund parish which is part of the Nordhordland prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Bjørgvin.

The parish hired Peter Gabrielsen as the lead builder for the church.

The new church was consecrated on 10 November 1891 by Bishop Fredrik Waldemar Hvoslef.

In 1915, the church received its first wood stove (it had no heat source before that time).