The church is located on a small peninsula surrounded by water on three sides. Before the church was built in 1890, the municipality was given permission to build a path through the neighbor's private property to get to the church. For over 100 years, this agreement held without any problems. In 2015, the church was closed because the current neighbor refused to allow people to get to the church through his property because, in his opinion, the 1890 agreement only applied to pedestrians and not cars. The case was in court for some time and in 2018, Lofoten District Court ruled in favor of the church and allowed people to use the driveway again.