According to local tradition, the earliest chapel serving this community stood at Klaxåsen. A church was later built by the lakeshore, but this was demolished when a new building was constructed further east in 1796, the work of Pål Persson of Stugun. That church forms the core of the present building.
The church was substantially remodelled in 1853–1854 under Johan Nordell, when it was extended eastward and given its distinctive Latin cross plan, with a three-sided chancel lit by three windows. The façades were reclad, and a new main entrance with columns and a pediment was added. The west tower was given pointed gables decorated with quatrefoil motifs and topped with an octagonal lantern.
Inside, the transept arms contain galleries, with the sacristy tucked beneath the northern one. The walls are lined with horizontal, speckle-painted panelling divided into fields by pilasters. The chancel vault is painted sky-blue with light clouds, framed by columns supporting a segmental arch crowned with the symbol of Christ as a lamb.
Among the furnishings, a medieval bronze incense burner has survived the centuries. The pulpit, made during the 1850s remodelling, is in the Empire style and decorated with relief allegories. Fragments of the earlier pulpit, the old altarpiece, the former altar rail, and a carved pew end from the 1600s have been preserved and displayed in the south transept, offering a glimpse of the church's earlier furnishings. The current altar and altar rail date from the mid-19th-century rebuilding, and the altar itself bears a gilded festoon and a crucifix.