It is the church for the Borge parish which is part of the Lofoten prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland.

The red and white concrete church was built in a fan-shaped style in 1986 using plans drawn up by the architect Knut Gjernes.

About 40 years later, a southern cross-arm was added, giving the building a cruciform design.

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.

It was a large wooden long church with small, pointed towers over both the nave and chancel and room for 800 people.

On 14 February 1983 during a large winter storm, the church caught fire and burned down.