It is one of the four churches for the Knarvik parish which is part of the Nordhordland prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Bjørgvin.

The wooden church was built in a modern long church design in 2014 using plans drawn up by the architectural firm Reiulf Ramstad Arkitekter.

[1][2] Work on the church site began on 3 November 2012, and on 15 September 2013 the Bishop Halvor Nordhaug laid the foundation stone during a church service on the construction site.

The church was designed by the firm of Reiulf Ramstad Arkitekter.

The exterior of the building features the markedly rising roofs of the spire, church sanctuary, and chapel.