The church was built as a seamen's chapel to designs by the architect C. Eriksson, with Lars Vikström as master builder, and was consecrated on 3 November 1912. Its original form featured a three-aisled worship space alongside an attached wing containing a kitchen, a reading room for sailors, a caretaker's dwelling and a space used for occasional services such as baptisms.
The building has since undergone several substantial alterations. A major renovation in 1951–1952 added a sacristy and a porch. The original attached wing was demolished in 1979–1980 and replaced by a separate parish building designed by Bo Tjärnström.
Inside, the altarpiece is a triptych by Torsten Nordberg, acquired in 1951, the same year a gilded silver bridal crown was obtained for the church. The bell, cast by K.G. Bergholtz & Co in Stockholm, has been in use since 27 July 1925 and hangs in a free-standing bell frame erected to the west of the church during the 1950s renovation.
The church also holds two votive ships, a traditional feature in churches with seafaring connections: one made by Georg Lindberg of Ursviken in 1961, the other by Viktor Andersson from Åland in 1972. The organ, with seventeen stops, was built by Grönlunds Orgelbyggeri in 1960.