It is located in the village of Hosanger on the northern shore of the island of Osterøy.

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

The white, stone church was built in a rectangular design in 1796 by the "leading men" of the parish.

A report from 1686 described as "very run down" because of poor exterior maintenance, which suggests that the church, at that time was already relatively old.

The stone church has walls measuring about 1.3 metres (4 ft 3 in) thick.