Vrå kyrka

The present building was constructed between 1834 and 1836, replacing two earlier churches on the site, the second of which had stood since medieval times with an addition from 1739. Rather than following the plans drawn up by the Royal Superintendent's Office in full, the builders instead produced a church closely resembling the nearby Annerstad church. Sources differ slightly on the consecration date: one account gives 1838, when Bishop Esaias Tegnér is said to have officiated, while another simply notes the church was completed in 1836.

The church is a rectangular hall church with a tower and main entrance at the western end, a chancel to the east, and a semicircular sacristy behind it. The tower is topped with a four-sided lantern typical of the period, crowned with a cross. Inside, the barrel-vaulted ceiling and the arch marking the chancel are notable architectural features. A restoration carried out between 1957 and 1958 gave the interior its current colour scheme of grey, blue and red.

The altarpiece, painted in 1836 by Salomon Andersson of Växjö, depicts the deposition of Christ from the cross and is a copy after a work by Rubens. It is set within a surround of pilasters supporting a Greek temple-style pediment bearing a Trinity symbol with a radiating sun at its centre. The pulpit, with its sounding board in Empire style, dates from 1854 and is decorated with gilded symbols. Several items survive from the medieval church, including the font, a small bell, a chandelier and a floor clock.

Among the more distinctive furnishings is a candle holder made from parts of tools once used in everyday labour, created by local craftsman Rolf Svensson of Vrå, and a woven textile hanging near the pulpit by artist Sara Lindros Svensson, who was born in nearby Vittaryd. The two church bells, cast in 1642 and 1688, originally hung in the bell tower of the earlier church.

The organ was built in the 1850s by Johannes Magnusson of Lemnhult, using a facade designed a couple of years earlier; sources give slightly different completion years. It was later altered in the twentieth century. The organ-builder's grandson was the poet Hjalmar Gullberg, who is said to have written about his grandfather's organs across the Diocese of Växjö.