Nättraby kyrka

The church was raised in the 1100s and is regarded as one of Blekinge's oldest churches to survive largely unaltered in form, though it has seen considerable change over the centuries. It is a small apsidal building typical of Romanesque parish architecture, with a plain timber ceiling over the nave and chancel and a vaulted apse separated from the chancel by a triumphal arch. A tower is thought to have once stood at the west end, and the west gable is supported by buttresses.

During the Northern Seven Years' War (1563–70) the church was burned; charring on the walls and sooted fragments of glass found inside later confirmed this. The porch seen today, built in brick, dates from 1796, replacing an earlier timber-and-brick porch believed to have stood since the 1500s.

The windows were originally smaller than those visible now; an inventory of 1665 records eight small openings. A thorough renovation in 2017–2018 altered much of the interior: a new floor with underfloor heating and accessibility improvements, restored pews repainted in lighter tones, cleaned and conserved fittings, and re-plastered walls. The screen and altarpiece in the chancel were removed, opening a view through to the apse window, where a two-part lamp designed by the architect Krister Wall now guides the eye toward the east. A new sacristy and a small children's area were also created at this time.

The carved oak pulpit, dated 1693 and richly painted and gilded, is among the church's most notable furnishings. Its panels carry statuettes of the evangelists, Paul and John the Baptist, together with reliefs depicting the Creation, the Fall, the Nativity, the Crucifixion and the Resurrection, framed by carved garlands. It is traditionally attributed to the woodcarver Åke Truet (also recorded as Truedsson), though this attribution is not certain. The pulpit was repainted more than once, in 1787 and again in the 1880s, and its inscriptions were still in Latin as late as 1830.

Other furnishings include a carved and marbled wooden font, for which payment to the painter Christian de Gelliers is recorded in 1692, with a brass basin from the 1600s; a votive ship model given in 1815 by a fisherman from Björkholmen in Karlskrona; and a green-marbled priest's pew bearing initials thought to refer to a local incumbent who died in 1711, along with painted images of Christ, prophets and Martin Luther. The church's oldest surviving object is a wooden triumphal crucifix from the late 15th century. The present organ, with 24 stops across two manuals and pedal, was built in 1991 by the Danish firm Poul-Gerhard Andersen; it replaced instruments from 1910 and 1961.