It is located on the south side of the island of Giske, about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) northwest of the town of Ålesund.

It is the main church for the Giske parish which is part of the Nordre Sunnmøre prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Møre.

Today the walls are covered by chalk on the outside and plaster on the inside, so that the marble is only visible in a few places, all on the outside.

After the Protestant Reformation, the church fell into disuse and disrepair until 1756 when the Estate was purchased and the new owner, Hans Holtermann.

Most of the interior today can be dated back to this renovation, carved by the local craftsman Jakob Sørensøn Giskegaard (1734–1827).