[5] Both church and its yard area are classified by the Finnish Heritage Agency to the most nationally significant built cultural environments.

[7][10][11] In the same year, Sodankylä was founded as a church village [fi] as part of the Lapland parish of Kemi.

[7] When Sodankylä officially became an independent parish in 1747, the former chapel become the mother church of an exceptionally large area.

[7] A two-week-old baby boy of vicar Abraham Cajaner is preserved to this day by mummification, resting next to his two parents.

The barrel vault in the interior dates from 1703, and the choir is separated from the rest of the church by a modest rail.

[18] The current planking is from the 1992 repair, and it was made using the same working methods as the original, i.e. the boards were not sawn, but were split by hand.