[1][2] Records from 1567 show that there was an old church just southeast of the village of Edland.

In the 1840s, there became a need for a church in the western part of Vinje, so the old Grungedal parish was re-established.

Records show that the parish priest Anton Elias Smitt adapted Hans Linstow's architectural drawing a little from the original.

The church was built by Saave Brufloti from Mo and was completed in the autumn of 1850.

It had no sacristy to begin with, but in 1958, an addition on the east side of the building was completed.