Skredsviks kyrka

The present church was built in 1855–1856 to designs by Albert Törnqvist, using local builders from Sandhult. It stands just south of the old churchyard, on the site of the demolished medieval church it replaced. The building consists of a rectangular nave with a narrower, semicircular chancel to the east; a sacristy was added north of the chancel in 1925.

The nave displays Neoclassical detailing typical of its mid-19th-century date, while the square west tower draws on medieval forms, with paired round-arched openings rising through several storeys and a saddle roof topped by a small cross-crowned spire. The church underwent extensive renovation, inside and out, in 2006 ahead of its 150th anniversary celebrations.

Among the furnishings, the Baroque-style altarpiece depicting Christ on the cross dates from the 17th century and is thought to have been donated by Rutger von Ascheberg, a Swedish military commander of the period. The pulpit, with its round basket and sounding board, dates from 1855, contemporary with the church building itself.

The most remarkable object is the font, carved from soapstone in the 13th century and attributed to the so-called Knippekolonnmästaren ("Bundle-column Master"), of whom only three known works survive. Standing 96 centimetres tall and made in three parts, the bowl is divided into fourteen arched fields carved in high relief with figures and scenes, including a dragon devouring a human figure, crowned and staff-bearing figures, and a scene interpreted as a depiction of martyrdom. The shaft is carved to resemble a bundle of columns, and the base shows a scaled, winged dragon gripping a cloaked, axe-wielding figure beneath its jaws. The font is damaged in places, and the bowl lacks a drainage hole, unusually located instead in the foot.

The organ, originally built in 1932, has thirteen stops across two manuals and pedal; its disposition was altered in 1970 and it was renovated in 1987.