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The church in Husnes is a log church dating from 1874. The church was restored by Torgeir Alvsaker and Einard Vaardal-Lunde in 1960. In 1974 the church was repainted according to the plans of Peter Helland-Hansen.

The Hussein-Shah Mosque was built by Hussein Shah in the middle of the 16th century. Construction began in 1553 and was completed in 1566. The mosque has been damaged several times. First during the fire of Skopje by the Habsburg army in 1689, then during the Bulgarian occupation during the Second World War, as well as during the Skopje earthquake. After that, a number of conservation efforts were undertaken, which considerably changed the appearance of the mosque.

The Hustad Church is a long church with a single nave dating from 1875. The architect of the church was Jacob Wilhelm Nordan and it was built by the builder Jacob Digre. The present church is the third church in Hustad. The first was a stave church which burned down in 1718.

Hustad Church is a medieval stone church built between 1130 and 1160. When a new church was built in the parish in 1887, the Society for the Preservation of Ancient Norwegian Monuments took over Hustad Church, which has remained unchanged and intact with building elements and an interior dating back several centuries. The church consists of a nave, a straight choir to the east and a porch to the west.

The Husøy church was designed by the architect Erik Eikrann and was consecrated in 1933. The church has an unusual facade material with dark red syenite stone. The interior is executed in simplified classicism with the influence of functionalism.

Husøy church is a long church from 1896. Kirøyna took over as a church town after Utvær, where there had probably been a chapel since the 12th century.

The Hval church, built in 1860-62 according to the drawings of Chr. H. Grosch, is an octagonal church, extended by a porch, a choir and a sacristy. The drawings of the church of Hval are a variant of one of the types of church of Grosch which was widely used and was published as a model design in 1854.

The Hvaler Church is a medieval stone church with a rectangular nave and narrower choir with an apse. In 1953-55 the church was restored under the direction of architect Håkon Christie. At the same time, the 1601 frescoes on the walls were restored.

Hvalsneskirkja (the church of Hvalsnes) was consecrated in 1887, but a church has been mentioned there since 1200. One of the most important objects in the church is the tombstone of Steinunn Hallgrímsdóttir, who died in 1649. She was the daughter of Hallgrímur Pétursson (1614-1674), one of Iceland's greatest psalmists. Major repairs were carried out in 1945.

Hvar Cathedral was built in the 17th century on the site of an old 6th-century church, destroyed during the Turkish invasion in 1571. The reconstruction of the cathedral lasted until 1703 and gave the building a mixture of Gothic, Renaissance, Mannerist and Baroque aspects.