It is the church for the Svenes parish which is part of the Valdres prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Hamar.

The white, wooden church was built in a cruciform design in 1735 using plans drawn up by an unknown architect and then it was disassembled, moved, and rebuilt in 1860.

While they waited for permission, timber was cut and delivered to the church site.

In 1860, the old church was disassembled and moved about 3.5 kilometres (2.2 mi) to the southeast to Synnstrond so it would be more centrally located within the parish.

At the new site, the church was rebuilt, roughly following the same design, although it was necessary to replace part of the timber.