It is located in the Ila area in the city of Trondheim, on the 250-metre (820 ft) wide isthmus between the river Nid and the Trondheimsfjord.

It is the church for the Ilen parish which is part of the Heimdal og Byåsen prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Nidaros.

The gray, stone church was built in a cruciform style in 1889 by the local building company of Jacob Digre, according to a design by Trondheim based architect Eugene Sissenére (b.

[1][2][3] A graveyard belonging to the parish is located at Ilsvika in the neighboring district of Ila, a short distance from the church site.

For financial reasons, the church was given wooden ceilings, even though it was originally supposed to have brick vaults.