It is one of the churches for the Sør-Varanger parish which is part of the Varanger prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland.

It stood almost until the end of World War II, when in 1944 it was subjected to heavy bombing and burned to the ground.

The architectural drawings by Sofus Hougen followed a traditional long church design, in the form of a basilica, divided longitudinally into three sections by columns and rows, with a raised central peak and tower raised over the choir.

As was common to two-thirds of post-war church construction in Norway, reinforced concrete bricks were used as a principal material, along with wood fashioned by modern milling techniques.

Interior decoration and furnishings reflect a traditional strongly sacred character.