The origins of Älvsbacka parish go back to 1728, when an annex parish to Nyed was formed here at the request of Henrik Kolthoff, owner of the local ironworks (Älvsbacka bruk). His stated reason was the long and often difficult journey to the mother church at Nyed. A timber chapel was duly consecrated in 1731, and by 1819 Älvsbacka had become an independent parish. Plans for a more substantial stone church were discussed soon after, but the parish's limited finances repeatedly delayed the project.
It was not until the early twentieth century that the idea was revived. Almquist was commissioned to prepare drawings and cost estimates, and the old timber chapel was demolished in 1922 to make way for the new building. The present brick church was consecrated in August 1924 by Bishop J.A. Eklund, according to Wikipedia.
Architecturally, the church consists of a rectangular nave with a slightly narrower, straight-ended chancel to the east, a sacristy attached to the chancel's north side, and a porch to the west. Although built in the 1920s, its design deliberately echoes the character of eighteenth-century Swedish church building, both outside and within.
Several fittings from the 1920s reflect this historicising approach. The altarpiece and pulpit, both made for the new church, are the work of the artist Gunnar Torhamn, while the font was built to designs by Holmdahl. Among the older items preserved in the church are vestments dating from the late seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, offering a link back to the earlier timber chapel and its congregation.