Karlslunda kyrka

The present church replaced an earlier, smaller wooden building known as Arby chapel, which dated from 1687 but had become cramped and poorly maintained. Rather than repair the old chapel, the parish decided in 1812 to build afresh, and the new church was constructed in 1816–1817 to designs by Axel Almfelt. It was consecrated in September 1818.

Unusually for a Swedish church of this period, it was built using horizontal timber rather than stone, the material more commonly favoured for ecclesiastical buildings. The church originally comprised a nave with a sacristy to the rear; the porch at the western end was not added until 1974–75. No tower was ever built onto the church itself. Instead, the bells hang in a separate wooden bell tower with a distinctive helm-shaped roof, the current structure dating from 1840. It houses two bells, cast in Karlskrona in 1841 and in Kalmar in 1868 respectively.

The church's interior follows a hall-church design, with a barrel vault and tall windows admitting plenty of light. Its furnishings have changed over time: a major restoration in 1952–56 saw the original combined altar-and-pulpit structure adapted, with small reliefs by the sculptor Bror Marklund added to the altarpiece, while a new freestanding pulpit was installed against the north wall. A separate freestanding altar and altar rail were added in 1975.

Among the church's furnishings is a painting depicting the Crucifixion, now kept in the sacristy, which originally formed the central panel of the older altar-pulpit; it is attributed to Anders Friske of Kalmar. The font dates from 1919, and there is a textile wall-hanging created by Märta Afzelius. The organ has been rebuilt more than once, most recently in 1968, when a new mechanical instrument was installed within the earlier 1874 case.