It is one of the churches in the Kviteseid parish which is part of the Øvre Telemark prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Agder og Telemark.

The white, wooden church was built in a long church design in 1887 using plans drawn up by the architect Christian Grosch.

There were no supporting columns inside the church, so that the tower was supported by huge beams that rested on the outer walls and laid in a large cross.

The parish residents bought the church for 110 rigsdaler in 1726.

In 1886, it was decided, despite some protests, to move the new church to a site about 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) to the west, on the eastern shores of the lake Vråvatnet.