The earliest existing historical records of the church date back to the year 1367, but the church was not built that year. The church was likely built in the second half of the 12th century. The building originally included a
nave and
chancel, which are both made of stone (with
timber-framed gables). In 1662, a stone
sacristy was built on the east end of the chancel. At some point, a
church porch was added to the west end of the nave. Like other churches in the area, this one was owned by the
Count of Jarlsberg from 1673 until it was sold to the parish in 1765 for 900
rigsdaler. In 1814, this church served as an
election church (). Together with more than 300 other parish churches across Norway, it was a polling station for elections to the 1814
Norwegian Constituent Assembly which wrote the
Constitution of Norway. This was Norway's first national elections. Each
church parish was a constituency that elected people called "electors" who later met together in each county to elect the representatives for the assembly that was to meet in
Eidsvoll later that year. In 1815, the old church porch was replaced with a new one. In 1958, the church porch was torn down and a new wooden one was built in its place. ==Media gallery==