It is located in the village of Våge on the northern shore of the island of Tysnesøya.

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

[1][2] The earliest existing historical records of the church date back to the year 1329, but it was not new at that time.

It was built by Erik Fyllingsnes from Lindaas and Oluf Bysemb from Osterøy.

In 1906, the church was disassembled and moved about 1.4 kilometres (0.87 mi) to the southwest, across the bay to Gjerstad where it was rebuilt.