Tromsø Cemetery is situated on the east facing slope above the city centre from where the street Kirkegårdsvegen (kirkegård = churchyard) leads to the cemetery. The chapel stands on the west side of the lower avenue and is easily seen from the main gate on Kirkegårdsvegen.

The chapel is a wooden building and the exterior is painted in three colours: light ochre cladding with green and red used on doors, windows, surrounds and corners as well as a grid of horizontal and vertical decorative details. All the windows have semicircular arches. Slate is the main roofing material and on top of the pitched roof sits a square turret with a spire. These as well as the former ridge board may be associated with the stave churches. The early 20th century was a time with many patriotic ideals in Norwegian architecture and the stave churches were an obvious source of inspiration.