The area of Ullensvang is named after the old pagan god
Ullin. Ullensvang is thus an old name. It is reasonable to surmise that Ullensvang was a religious gathering place before the time of
Christianity in Norway. When
Christianity came to the area, it is likely that a church was built here where the old temple had stood. The earliest existing historical records of Ullensvang Church date back to the year 1309, but it was not new that year. It is likely that the stone church was built during the 13th century. Legend has it that the church was built by people from
Scotland. Originally, the church had a rectangular
nave with a narrower, rectangular
chancel and no tower. In 1814, this church served as an
election church (). Together with more than 300 other parish churches across Norway, it was a polling station for elections to the 1814
Norwegian Constituent Assembly which wrote the
Constitution of Norway. This was Norway's first national elections. Each
church parish was a constituency that elected people called "electors" who later met together in each county to elect the representatives for the assembly that was to meet at
Eidsvoll Manor later that year. Between 1883 and 1885 during an expansion and renovation led by the
architect Christian Christie. During the renovation, the
nave was extended to the west by one-third of its size and a new tower was built. A
sacristy, office, and stairwell were also built on the north and south sides of the church. In 1958, the church was restored by the
architect Arnstein Arneberg. Much of the
neo-Gothic interior from the 1870s was then taken away and the interior redecorated as it was during the 17th century. Also, the walls were repainted and the nave ceiling was vaulted. ==Media gallery==