The church was consecrated in 1469, having been built on the site of an old stone church from the 13th century. It was originally intended, as
Dalecarlia Cathedral, to be a cathedral in the
Diocese of Västerås. The church was seriously damaged by a fire in 1807. In January 1914, it was reported in
Dagens Nyheter that a proposal had been prepared by architect for the church's restoration. The plans included a copper-clad spire, as well as the addition of electricity for heating, lighting, and bell ringing. The construction took nearly four years and cost more than 278,000
SEK. The restored church was inaugurated on 2 December 1917, with the then-Crown Prince
Gustaf VI Adolf and
Crown Princess Margaret in attendance. He then revisited it as king in November 1968. While excavations were underway in 1921 for a planned parish schoolhouse (300 m southwest of the church), skeletal remains were found. Ethnologist Ola Bannbers was sent to conduct an excavation. At the time it was hypothesized that the remains could be followers of
Nils Stensson Sture executed in 1528.
Radiocarbon dating from a 2018 study later cast doubt on this theory, as it showed the skeletons were from 1040–1260, or the late Middle Ages. In 2016, a religiously-neutral burial site was designated in the Stora Tuna burial grounds. Ann-Louise Eberstein wrote a book in 2019 about the church's history on the occasion of its 550th year. The church received a new in October 2021, designed by textile artist Frida Lindberg alongside weavers Ebba Bergström and Samantha Gustafsson. Stora Tuna Church closed temporarily to visitors in February 2022 after a series of thefts and attempted thefts. == Architecture ==