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The church of Hvasser is a small whitewashed wooden church on the island of Hvasser. The church was consecrated on 26 June 1903 and has since been extended with an entrance, tower and more. The weather vane at the top of the tower dates from the year 1908.

Hvitsten church is a long church that was built of wood in 1902. The architect of the church was Harald Sundby.

Hyen Church is a long wooden church built in 1876. It was designed according to the drawings of the painter Karl Uchermann, son of the parish priest of Gloppen. The modern church is the second known church in Hyen. The first church is mentioned as early as the 13th century.

The church in Hylestad is a wooden church dating from 1838-39. The church is the third in this parish. The first, Hylestad Stave Church, was built in the 1600s, and the church that replaced it began to fall into disrepair in the 1830s.

The Hyllestad church is a long church from 1880, designed by architect Johannes Henrik Nissen. There have been two old churches in Hyllestad, the oldest of which was a stave church. These were built a few kilometres from where the present church stands. The first church is mentioned in written sources from the 14th century.

Hyncheshti Jewish Cemetery is a well-maintained Jewish cemetery with around 500 gravestones. The oldest tombstone dates from 1868 and the most recent from 1992. It was fenced by ESJF in December 2020

It is nicknamed as Clock Mosque because in 1870 the Ottomans built a clock tower next to it. Both were destroyed in the Communist period except for the minaret. After it, the mosque was renovated.

Hægebostad Church is an octagonal church dating from 1844. The church was built according to the designs of the parish priest, Nils Christian Hald, with the approval and minor remarks of the head of state Christian H. Grosch. A church on the site is first mentioned in 1445. The medieval building was demolished in 1629 and a long wooden church was built in its place. The wood from the 1629 church was reused when the new church was built in 1844.

The church in Hægeland is an octagonal church completed in 1830. Work on the walls of the church began around 1824 and at a meeting in 1826, the congregation agreed on an octagonal wooden building. In December 1827 the building committee travelled to Hornnes to examine the new church there, they probably took their inspiration from the church in Hornnes for the church in Hægeland.

Hærland Church was built in 1879 by the builder Ivar Hansen Bruserud to designs by the architect Hjalmar Welhaven. It is a long monumental church, typical of the time, made of logs, with a bell tower above the porch in the west and a five-sided choir in the east. The exterior of the church is clad in white painted standing cladding.