The church was originally built in stone during the later twelfth century, in a Romanesque style. A tower was added in the fifteenth century, when vaulted ceilings were also constructed above the nave. The building's medieval character was largely reshaped by nineteenth-century alterations, most notably in 1852, when transepts and a semicircular chancel were added, and again by further changes in 1939.
During restoration work, medieval wall paintings were discovered beneath later layers of paint, offering a glimpse of the decorative scheme that once adorned the interior before centuries of remodelling obscured it.
The altarpiece, depicting the biblical scene of the woman at the well of Sychar, is attributed to the painter B. Spranger (1564–1627). Two medieval sculptures have also survived within the church, alongside several finely carved older gravestones set into the floor, reminders of the building's long use as a place of burial and worship.
The church has had at least two organs: one built in 1855 by Johan Lambert Larsson of Ystad, and the present pneumatic instrument, built in 1951 by A. Magnussons Orgelbyggeri of Gothenburg.