The church was built between 1877 and 1879 to designs by the architect Fredrik Ekberg, and was consecrated on 18 April 1880 together with its burial ground, by the rural dean P. O. Grape. Records suggest that in 1899 the local church meeting appointed a board to arrange the installation of a stove for heating the building, a practical concern for a church so far north.
The building has a log timber frame, with a nave running north to south. The tower and main entrance stand at the north end, while a sacristy is attached to the south gable. The exterior walls are covered with vertical grey-painted timber panelling, giving the church a plain but characterful appearance typical of Norrbotten's timber churches.
A substantial restoration took place in 1941–1942, carried out to plans by the architect Bertil Höök. The pulpit was made by the joiner Johan Erik Isaksson Huhtainen, a local craftsman whose work forms part of the church's original fittings.
The current altarpiece, painted by Torsten Nordberg of Stockholm, was put into use in the autumn of 1949; it depicts Christ among contemporary people in an everyday setting, an unusual choice for a church altarpiece of its time. The earlier altarpiece, from 1890, has been retained and now stands at a baptismal altar to the west of the main altar. The font itself dates from 1947 and was the first to be used in the church; above it hangs an ornate brass chandelier.
The organ was built in 1990 by Grönlunds Orgelbyggeri, a well-regarded Swedish organ-building firm, and remains part of the church's furnishings.