Hvalsnes is a farm and a church site on the western part of the Reykjanes Peninsula.  In earlier times it was a parsonage serving the churches at Kirkjuvogur and Inner Njardvik.  The parish was abolished in 1811 and united with the Utskalar parish.  During catholic times the Hvalsnes’s churches were dedicated to the Holy Mother, St King Olaf, St Catharine and all other saints.  The present church was built of stone in 1885-87 and consecrated in 1887.