It is located in the village of Torød on the southern part of the island of Nøtterøy.

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

In 1910, the builder Ludvig Karlsen from Kragerø was hired to make architectural drawings.

The foundation wall was built by the bricklayer J. Gulberg from Tjøme and the builder for the actual church building was Y.A.

Torød Chapel (its original name) was consecrated on 11 May 1915 by Bishop Jens Frølich Tandberg.