It is the church for the Kvikne parish which is part of the Nord-Østerdal prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Hamar.

The brown, wooden church was built in a cruciform design in 1654 using plans drawn up by the architect Knut Mortensen.

When copper mining became quite prevalent in the area during the 1630s, the population increased and the church became too small for the parish.

In 1768, a new church porch with a small bell tower was constructed on the west end of the western cross-arm.

Each church parish was a constituency that elected people called "electors" who later met together in each county to elect the representatives for the assembly that was to meet in Eidsvoll later that year.