It is located in the village of Sagvåg on the southwestern coast of the island of Stord.

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

The red brick church was built in a fan-shaped design in 1991 using plans drawn up by the architect Colin Ansbach.

[1][2] Planning for a new church in Sagvåg began during the late 1980s.

Colin Ansbach was hired to design a new brick church.