It is the church for the Tresfjord parish which is part of the Indre Romsdal prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Møre.

The white, wooden church was built in an octagonal style in 1828 using plans drawn up by the architect and master builder Erik Kroken.

The medieval building was located about 40 metres (130 ft) west of the current church site.

That same year, a new wooden cruciform church was constructed on the same site as the previous building.

Farmers that supplied timber for the new building were able to obtain part ownership in the church.

In the 1970s, steel wire stays were installed to support and straighten the building.

There is old Norse writings on the parchment which shows that altar frontal was made in Norway.

[6][7] The pulpit is in Renaissance style and was crafted by a local blacksmith in 1687 for the previous church.

[6] The decorations in Tresfjord church are extremely refined and resonate with the architectural ideas of our own time with regard to both simplicity and stringent color use.

This tent-architecture is accentuated by the light blue-starred loft suspended over the pillars between the whitewashed walls with a frieze under the roof ending downwards with lambreguins, a heavy drapery ornament.

[6] Along the upper part of the wall around the entire nave there is a wide field of rosemaling.