It is the church for the Hol parish which is part of the Lofoten prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland.

The white, wooden church was built in a cruciform style in 1806 using plans drawn up by an unknown architect.

He arrived in Bergen from the Baltic Sea town of Königsberg in 1744, after he received a commission as a painter.

The newly rebuilt church was finished in 1806 and this time it was a log building in a cruciform design and a hipped roof.

A new cemetery was opened at Petvik in 1905 and people from Hol Church have been buried there since that time.