It is located in the central part of the island of Harøya, just north of the Lomstjønna Nature Reserve.

[1] It is one of the two churches for the Sandøy parish which is part of the Nordre Sunnmøre prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Møre.

[2][3] The earliest existing historical records of the church date back to 1589, but it was described as an old, dilapidated building at that time.

[4][5] In 1907, a new graveyard was built on the island of Harøya so that residents didn't have to travel as far to bury their dead.

A number of draft drawings were submitted and evaluated, especially from Fredrik Ziegler Kavli and Ole Havnæs.

Formal permission to build the church was granted by a Royal Decree on 24 February 1933.