[1] Holmenkollen Chapel was first built in 1903 after designs by architect Holger Sinding-Larsen as a paneled wooden pole construction.

When the company disbanded in 1890, it gave one of its plots of c. 10,000 square meters (110,000 sq ft) to the municipality of Oslo to build a sports chapel.

Holmenkollen Chapel was a direct result of the young generation of architects' emerging awareness of this heritage.

[2] The chapel was intended as a facility for hikers who wanted to attend a Sunday service, even if they chose to go up into the heights for exercise and fresh air.

Tourist hotels, restaurants, spas and sanatoriums were built in the area, making it a destination also for the growing population of the capital Christiania, (now Oslo).

[3] In 1910, the Royal Lodge (Kongsseteren), located close to the chapel, was presented to King Haakon and Queen Maud as a coronation gift from the Norwegian people.

Drawings based on the model were used for making all of the components in Vågå before they were brought to Holmenkollen by road and assembled as a kit.