It is one of the churches for the Hegra parish which is part of the Stjørdal prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Nidaros.

The white, wooden church was built in a cruciform style in 1783 using plans drawn up by the architects Erich Must and J. Støren.

[1][2][3] The earliest existing historical records of the church date back to the year 1450, but the church was not new that year.

In 1714, the parish priest complained to the bishop about the fact that the snow which accumulated between the two buildings had created moisture and rot in the wood of the new church.

From 1875 to 1877, the church was expanded to the north and south by adding transepts so that after the addition, it had a cruciform ground plan.