It is the church for the Tjøme parish which is part of the Tønsberg domprosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Tunsberg.

It had a large rectangular nave with a smaller choir to the east and a church porch and tower on the west end.

Inside, there is a second-floor seating gallery on the west end and along the north wall of the nave.

[4] A carved baroque altarpiece and a pulpit with figures of the evangelists were both created in the period from 1670–1676.

The cemetery outside the church is the site of the grave of author Alf Larsen (1885-1967).