The invention discloses a light emitting device (1) including an insulating substrate (3,32) and a light emitting unit (2) formed on the insulating substrate (3,32), the light emitting unit (2) including: a plurality of linear wiring patterns (4) disposed on the insulating substrate in parallel with one another, a plurality of light emitting elements (5) that are mounted between the wiring patterns while being electrically connected to the wiring patterns, and a sealing member (6,22,33,42,52) for sealing the light emitting elements, as well as a method for manufacturing thereof, it becomes possible to provide a light emitting device that achieves sufficient electrical insulation and has simple manufacturing processes so that it can be manufactured at a low cost, and a method for manufacturing the same.