Vånga kyrka

The present church was originally built in the 1860s in a neo-Gothic style designed by the architect Fredrik Wilhelm Scholander. Sources agree the earlier medieval stone church, dedicated to Saint Olof, once stood nearby to the east; its remains still exist and were later used for some years as a burial chapel, though they are rarely used now.

On 22 May 1959, shortly after a restoration, the church was struck by lightning and largely destroyed by the resulting fire, with only the outer walls surviving. The roof, tower, pews, organ and bells were all lost. The church was rebuilt on the old walls to a design by architect Erik Lundberg, reopening in 1962 with a somewhat more modern interior, including a parish hall and kitchen added on the upper floor. A further renovation took place in the early 2020s, when the parish hall was enlarged and the pulpit repositioned.

Inside, the altar is made of Stjärntorp marble, quarried locally in Vånga, while the pulpit is built of brick and rendered. The font is dated 1661 and is thought to have been made in either Vadstena or Skänninge. The altarpiece, painted by Johan Krouthén in 1892, depicts Christ, the kneeling Thomas and the other disciples. An oak altar cabinet and a wooden crucifix, both attributed to Östergötland workshops of the 14th and 15th centuries, are also part of the church's older furnishings, having presumably survived the fire as they were not mentioned among the losses. The church bells, destroyed in the fire, were recast using the old metal.　The current organ was built by the Danish firm Marcussen & Søn in 1966, replacing one lost in the blaze.

The churchyard is divided by a road into two sections. The older part, where the medieval church once stood and where its remains now serve as a chapel, is entered through a stone-pillared gateway, a type of portal once common at Swedish churchyards but now increasingly replaced by simpler gates. Here stand two large metal urns marking the graves of Baron Carl Fridolf Mannerheim and his wife Palæmona Sophie Mannerheim, along with older gravestones in generally good condition. The newer section, on the other side of the road, is well maintained and includes the sizeable, railed family grave of Carl Gustav Spens, alongside memorials of varying age and size.