Mulseryds kyrka

The church has a long and eventful history. An earlier medieval church on the site was demolished in 1660, and according to local tradition the new timber church that replaced it was built remarkably quickly, though the exact circumstances are uncertain. The building was extended eastwards in 1793 with a three-sided chancel, and at the same time the entire church is said to have been moved northwards by a distance equal to its own width, an unusual claim worth noting to visitors rather than presenting as settled fact.

The exterior is clad in wooden shingles, with red-painted walls and a tarred roof, giving the church a traditional rural Swedish appearance. The bell tower dates from 1801, replacing an earlier bell frame, and still retains its original supporting struts. Windows and the tower spire were added during rebuilding work in 1893.

Inside, fragments of wall paintings from the seventeenth century survive. In the mid-eighteenth century the painter Johan Kinnerus was engaged to decorate the church, though none of his work appears to have survived. A restoration in 1930, led by Axel Forssén, exposed the bare timber walls and with them traces of earlier paintings, possibly medieval in origin, while a fully enclosed pew arrangement was installed at the same time.

Several notable furnishings remain. The font is carved from sandstone and has been recorded since at least the seventeenth century, though it may date from the latter half of the thirteenth century; unusually, it lacks a drainage hole. The pulpit, in baroque style, was made in 1706 by Gustaf Kihlman of Borås, and the altarpiece was painted by Anders Gustaf Ljungström of Sandhem, depicting the Transfiguration of Christ. Fragments survive of an earlier altarpiece carved in 1718.

Among the church's smaller curiosities is a chandelier in the chancel, said to have been donated by local farmhands and young boys, with a list of donors from 1793 kept in the sacristy. A copy of a 1529 church handbook is also preserved there, the original being held at the Royal Library in Stockholm. The organ, originally built in 1887, was substantially rebuilt in 1972 behind its historic façade.