A burial ground was first laid out at Nornäs in 1889, and a mortuary house was added below the cemetery in the 1940s. In 1957 Bishop John Cullberg visited the site and concluded that a more suitable mortuary chapel was needed, a decision that eventually led to the building seen today.
The timber chapel, together with its adjoining bell tower, was built in the summer of 1965 to designs by the architect Ernst Auby. It was consecrated on 18 September that year by Bishop Sven Silén. The building has a metal-clad saddle roof and exterior walls covered in white-painted panelling, giving it a plain, functional character typical of many small rural chapels of the period.
Inside, the porch and entrance are located on the south-west side, with a small built-in sacristy tucked into the north-east corner. The chapel interior is painted white, and the altar wall is finished in natural-coloured wood panelling, offering a simple, restrained setting for worship.
The chapel's organ was built by Gunnar Carlsson of Borlänge, a modest but notable local craft detail for visitors interested in the building's furnishings.