It is an annex chapel for the Melbu parish which is part of the Vesterålen prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland.

The white, wooden chapel was built in a long church style in 1914 to serve the southern part of Hadsel (on Austvågøya island).

It was an annex chapel for the main Hadsel Church through the Middle Ages, and the priest would hold services there every third Sunday.

After centuries standing on that site, the church was closed and torn down in 1810.

About 100 years later, in 1914, the parish built a new chapel about 100 metres (330 ft) east of the old church site and cemetery.