The earliest existing historical records of the church date back to the year 1322, but the church was not new at that time. The first church in Viksdalen was likely a wooden
stave church that was built in the 13th century. The church was historically called
Vik Church. Around the year 1620, the old church was torn down and replaced with a
timber-framed long church. In the spring of 1847, the old church was torn down. Construction of a new church on the same site was carried out from May 1847 until November 1848. The new building had about the same floor plan as the previous building on the site and architectural drawings by
Hans Linstow were used. It was a wooden
long church measuring about . The building had a
church porch and tower on the west end of the
nave which housed the altar as there was no separate
choir in the building. Many of the salvageable materials from the previous church were reused in the construction of this building. The new church was
consecrated on 5 November 1848 by the local
dean, Johan Grønnlund. In 1889, the church was remodeled with some significant changes, so much so that people said the church looked like a different building. Changes included a new tower and spire were built along with a new roof. A new
choir was constructed on the east end of the building. The interior of the building was also updated along with all new, larger windows. In 1938, an addition was built on the north side of the
choir which housed a
sacristy and a smaller meeting room using designs by the architect
Wilhelm Essendrop. In the 1960s, the church and parish were renamed from
Vik to
Viksdalen to distinguish it from another
Vik Church in the region. ==Media gallery==