It is the church for the Elverum parish and the seat of the Sør-Østerdal prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Hamar.

The brown, wooden church was built in a cruciform design in 1738 using plans drawn up by the architect Nicolai Gustav Sandberg.

During the Northern Seven Years' War, the church was looted by the invading Swedish Army.

He immediately set to work on organizing support for a new church to replace the old, dilapidated building.

[6][8] In 1878, the church was extensively remodeled according to the tastes of the time using plans by Henrik Thrap-Meyer.

The exterior of the church was painted white instead of the original brownish red color and the windows were replaced and made narrower.

By the 1980s, the church structure was starting to sag in the corners and significant rot damage was found.