In the 1860s, the parish received permission to build a new church in Aulstad. The old Svatsum Church had been torn down in 1860, and many of the materials were reused in the construction of the new Aulstad Church. Construction on the new church took place in 1864. The new church was a small long church with a choir and small sacristy on the east end of the nave. There was a small church porch with a tower on the west end of the nave. Some of the furnishings from the old Svatsum Church were also transferred to the new church including the altar and a wooden carving by Eistein Kjørn. The new church was consecrated in 1864.