It is the church for the Grytten parish which is part of the Indre Romsdal prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Møre.

The red, wooden church was built in an octagonal design in 1829 using plans drawn up by the architect S.H.

Inside the church, there is a tall, 2-metre (6 ft 7 in) wide wooden crucifix, possibly from the 13th century.

[3][4] The earliest existing historical records of Grytten Church date back to 1364, but it was not new that year.

The historic name was Gryttinar kirkja which is mentioned in Aslak Bolt's cadastre.

Several of the roof beams in the church began to fail as well as parts of the porch, sacristy, and choir.

Most of the interior furniture was salvaged and stored in the rectory until a new church could be built.

Dreier's 1826 lithography «Udsigten ved Grytten i Romsdalen» (View of Grytten in Romsdal) shows the old cruciform church with the peculiar summits of the mountains Bispen, Kongen, and Dronninga behind.

Over time, the church began to be threatened by shifting sands along the river banks.