The present building was constructed in 2005–2006, following medieval models and, in part, using medieval-style techniques and tools. It was consecrated on 11 July 2006. The chapel is cared for voluntarily by a local group of Stråsjö residents, who maintain it without any commercial purpose, and it is used for occasions such as baptisms, weddings and quiet devotions, as well as serving as a stopping point for passing pilgrims.
An earlier chapel is recorded as having stood on the same site, known as Kapellsvalen in Österstråsjö, until 1597, according to the eighteenth-century local historian and clergyman Olof Broman. Little else is documented about that earlier building.
A notable link to this older chapel survives in the form of a carved wooden object known as the Stråsjö cockerel (Stråsjötuppen), thought to date from the medieval building. The original is kept in Bjuråker parish church, while a replica is displayed in the present-day chapel, where it has become something of an emblem for the building. A door handle recovered from the earlier chapel is held at the Nordic Museum in Stockholm.