It is an annex chapel in the Kinn parish which is part of the Sunnfjord prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Bjørgvin.

[1] The building was constructed in 1907 as a prayer house and community centre (bedehus) on the island of Fanøya.

The rich herring fisheries in the area meant that a large number of fishermen from all parts of the coast congregated for long periods of time during the winter months.

The name of the prayer house was Batalden which comes from the name of the big island a little to the north of Fanøya which gives name to the archipelago.

Soon after, the residents wanted to use it as a more formal annex chapel within the parish, so on 26 February 1911 it was consecrated for church use.