A small chapel was built at Lunde in the upper Sirdalen valley in 1819. In the 1840s, plans were discussed to replace Tonstad Church and this chapel with a new, larger church in a more central location (at Hompland). These plans were ultimately rejected by the parish and instead, both churches would be rebuilt and enlarged. By a Royal Decree on 29 October 1847, Lunde chapel was approved as a parish church. Sirdal municipality was created in 1849 and it became its own prestegjeld in 1854 with Tonstad Church designated as the main parish church and Lunde Church as an annex. The chapel building from 1819 was soon too small for the congregation, so a new church was built in 1873 (the present church). The newly reconstructed church was consecrated on 1 October 1873 by the Bishop Jacob von der Lippe.[3]
