Built in the traditional stave technique, using upright timber logs, the chapel was consecrated on 17 September 1989 by Archbishop Bertil Werkström. It was constructed as a close copy of Skaga stave church in Tiveden, itself built in the late 1950s, and measures a modest six by seven metres. The exterior is tarred in the traditional manner, while inside the timber is left largely untreated, giving the small building a plain, natural character.
The chapel occupies a woodland clearing beside the Kårån stream, near the presumed location of an earlier medieval pilgrim chapel. A stone foundation nearby is said to mark the site of that earlier building, though little else is known of its history.
Several fittings were made especially for the chapel. The pulpit was carved from a single tree trunk felled on the site where the church now stands. The altar, the wooden cross on the chancel wall, and a hymn-number board were all made by the provost Harry Holm of Ljusdal.
A distinctive detail is that one gable end originally served as a stage for a pilgrimage play performed by pupils of Färila school, linking the modern building to the older pilgrim traditions associated with the site.