For centuries Arild was the leading fishing settlement in the parish, so no chapel was thought necessary in Mölle. Services were held informally, in the bailiff's house and later in the local school. Around the turn of the twentieth century, tourism to Mölle and the nearby Kullaberg cliffs drew growing numbers of visitors and residents, and Mölle overtook Arild in population. A chapel foundation was established in 1902 and fundraising began, though the First World War and difficult economic times delayed the project for years.
The architect L. G. von Dardel produced designs in 1929, which were later revised, reportedly at the suggestion of builder Axel Nilsson of Nyhamnsläge, who carried out the construction. The chapel was completed in 1935, built of Höganäs brick with a stepped-gable tower. Sources agree that the building has remained largely unaltered since it was consecrated.
Many of the chapel's furnishings were gifts from parishioners over the years. The altarpiece, pulpit and font are the work of local artist Gunnar Wallentin, who also carved reliefs on pews and other fittings; the font itself dates from 1953, with a silver christening bowl made the same year by silversmith Wiven Nilsson. A model ship hanging inside, a traditional votive offering in seafaring communities, was built by Captain Lars Peter Norman and donated to the chapel by Captain Waldemar Elfversson.
The organ, installed and inaugurated in 1935 by the Danish firm Th. Frobenius og Sønner, survives in its original condition and is considered an early Swedish example of the twentieth-century organ reform movement, valued by specialists for its unaltered mechanism and tone.
Visitors attending services or concerts in the cooler months are sometimes advised that the chapel can be difficult to heat much above a modest temperature, and blankets have historically been kept near the entrance for those who need them.