The oldest parts of the church, its north and south walls, date from the medieval period, though the building has been altered considerably over time. In the early 1800s the originally modest 13-metre-long church was extended to double its length, and a tower was added in 1813. A major restoration followed in 1888. In 1942 the western porch was removed and the southern entrance bricked up, giving the church the rectangular layout, tower and sacristy arrangement seen today.
The parish has old associations: tradition links the local place names to three Viking chieftains, and a noblewoman of Dannäs is said to have accompanied Saint Birgitta on her journey to Rome. The Linné family is also connected with the district. A carved stone known as the Dannässten, kept in the sacristy, is remembered locally as a marker of the transition from paganism to Christianity, though its precise history is not independently documented here.
Several older fittings survive despite the rebuilding. A granite font dated to the 1200s is attributed to a regional workshop, and its basin is still in use. A triumphal crucifix carved in oak dates from the 1500s, and a carved wooden figure of the Virgin Mary, associated with Lübeck, is said to date from the 1400s. The church also holds a Baroque pulpit made in 1642 (sources differ over whether it should be dated to the 1600s generally or specifically 1642), and a silver chalice and wafer box from the 1700s.
The altarpiece, showing the Sermon on the Mount, was painted by the Swedish artist Olle Hjortzberg and installed in 1942. The church bells date from the 18th century, with the smaller cast in 1751 and the larger in 1783.
The current organ was built in 1977 by J. Künkels Orgelverkstad, incorporating the façade of an earlier 1927 instrument by the Austrian firm Gebrüder Rieger. It remains a modest mechanical organ with room built in for possible future expansion.