The red, wooden church was built in a cruciform design in 1796 using plans drawn up by the architect Jarand Rønjom.

The runic inscription says Sigurþr jalssun ræist runar þesar lougardagen æftir Botolfsmæso er an flyþi higat ok vildi æigi ganga til sætar viþ Sverri foþurbana sin ok bræþra which means "Sigurd Jarlsson carved these runes on the Saturday after 'Botolvsmesse' [17 June], when he fled here and did not want to settle with Sverre, who murdered his father and brothers."

The eastern transept contains the chancel and pulpit altar and the other three wings make up the nave.

There are second floor seating galleries in all three wings that are supported by columns.

Each church parish was a constituency that elected people called "electors" who later met together in each county to elect the representatives for the assembly that was to meet in Eidsvoll later that year.