The church's origins lie in the settlement of the forested western districts of Dalby parish by immigrant Forest Finns during the second half of the 17th century. Because of the long distance to the parish church, calls for a separate Finnish-speaking parish were raised as early as the 1720s. A royal letter of 24 February 1826 finally granted the Finnish population of northern Värmland the right to their own church and congregation, and construction followed mainly between 1831 and 1835, though further work continued into the later 19th century. According to Wikipedia, the first service was held on 4 November 1833, but the church was not formally consecrated until Whit Sunday 1865, with the interior only completed in 1895 — a reminder that a building's outward completion and its official dedication did not always coincide.
The timbered church was originally built on a cruciform plan with a west tower, its walls clad externally in white-painted boarding in the simple classical style favoured in Swedish church architecture of the period. The interior reflects the light, restrained taste associated with the Karl Johan era. A major restoration in 1952–53 altered the church considerably: the south transept was demolished, converting the building into a plainer rectangular nave, while a sacristy and parish rooms were fitted into the surviving north transept. The interior, covered by a painted wooden board vault, still bears the marks of this restoration in its colour scheme and fixed fittings.
Among the furnishings, the wooden font, painted in grey and blue, is a modest but distinctive survival. The two church bells date from 1909. The organ, built in 1919–20 by E. A. Setterquist & Son of Örebro and later modified in 1953, is a mechanical instrument with pneumatic wind-chests — a good example of early twentieth-century Swedish organ-building in a rural parish church.