It is one of the churches for the Bø og Malnes parish which is part of the Vesterålen prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland.

The red, wooden church was built in a cruciform style in 1824, using plans drawn up by an unknown architect.

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.

[7][8] The church's fixtures are historic and include valuable objects.

Dating from 1751 he arrived in northern Norway, where he painted a number of church altarpieces.