According to a papal bull of 1296, the church was dedicated to the evangelist Luke. An earlier 12th-century church on this site was replaced in the early 1200s by a new building in the Romanesque style, constructed of sandstone and equipped with a tower. That tower was retained when the present nave and chancel were built around the mid-1300s, giving the church its layered architectural history.
A carved frieze, now set into the exterior wall of the nave, originally ran along the eaves of the 12th-century church. Like the font inside, it is thought to be the work of the stonemason Sighraf, a name associated with notable Romanesque stone carving on Gotland. The font itself depicts the three wise men presenting their gifts, a scene valued as an example of 12th-century Gotlandic craftsmanship.
Inside, the pulpit dates from 1548 and has an unusual history: it originally stood in Visby Cathedral. Because Danish clergy introduced Reformation teaching to Gotland, the pulpit was decorated with the Danish royal coat of arms and images associated with Melanchthon, a reminder of the political and religious ties between Gotland and Denmark at the time.
The church floor contains a number of medieval gravestones, including two rune-stones and a slab bearing a runic inscription in the form of a cross. These floor memorials offer visitors tangible traces of the church's long use as a place of burial and worship.
The present organ, a mechanical instrument, was built in 1965 by John Grönvall Orgelbyggeri, replacing an earlier six-stop organ installed by Åkerman & Lund in 1896.
The churchyard is the burial place of the Danish artist Asger Jorn, a detail that draws particular interest from visitors familiar with 20th-century art.