The chapel was first raised in 1777 at Lövmokk, a short distance north of Jäkkvik, replacing an earlier chapel at Silbojokk. Its builder was Olof Mårtensson of Sakkavare. Beside the chapel stood a clergy chamber and a schoolmaster's cottage, reflecting its dual role as a place of worship and seasonal schooling for Sámi children.
Services at Lövmokk were held twice each summer, with lessons for children taking place at the same time. The school function ceased in 1820, and by the mid-nineteenth century only a single summer service remained. By 1884 the chapel was reported to be in poor condition, and its remote location was thought increasingly impractical for the growing number of settler visitors. This led to the decision, carried out in 1885, to move the chapel and clergy chamber to Jäkkvik itself.
The chapel is built as a simple hall church, with an entrance and porch on its south side and a later sacristy added behind the altar to the north. A saddle roof topped by a small ridge turret gives the building its modest silhouette. In 1897 the original timber frame was clad in panelling, and the interior fittings and decoration seen today date from this same period. The pulpit itself is older, carved in 1877 before the move.
A bell was added in 1928, a gift from the Swedish retailer Åhlén och Holm, marking one of the few later additions to this otherwise unaltered rural chapel.