It is one of the churches for the Nøtterøy parish which is part of the Tønsberg domprosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Tunsberg.

Originally, it was a simple long church with a choir with a curved apse end.

The Count of Jarlsberg owned the church from 1673 to 1770 when he sold it to some local farmers.

In 1883, the church was extended eastwards by builder F. Meyer according to plans by Jacob Wilhelm Nordan.

To the east there is a chancel surrounded by vestries, and there are stairwells to the north and south at the corners of the transepts (to the second-floor seating galleries).