It is the church for the Sykkylven parish which is part of the Nordre Sunnmøre prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Møre.

(Before this time, there may have been a small farm chapel on the site from the year 1100 until the early 1300s.

In 1705, the old stave church was struck by lightning and it burned to the ground.

It was a relatively large wooden long church with tar-covered exterior siding.

The church was designed by Oskar Norderval and it is a much more modern building that the previous ones, particularly the roof.