Algutsboda kyrka

The earliest documented church here burned down in 1567, along with the rectory and storehouses, though the stone-built medieval sacristy survived the fire. A replacement timber church was completed in 1570, but as the parish grew this too proved too small. In 1760 the parish decided to build a larger stone church, with villagers required to contribute both materials and labour over several years. Construction of the new building around the old one allowed services to continue throughout the work, and the church was consecrated in 1770.

The surviving medieval stone sacristy, attached to the north side of the nave, is a rare physical link to the earlier churches on this site. The main building itself has been altered considerably since consecration: between 1892 and 1894 its steep roofline was lowered, the walls raised, and the tower rebuilt in a neo-Gothic style with pointed gables and a tall spire topped by a cross. Older drawings suggest the original tower was lower, roughly level with the ridge of the nave and topped with a lantern, quite different from today's silhouette.

Inside, the church follows a hall-church plan, with a vaulted ceiling dating from as recently as 1979. The chancel windows hold stained glass designed by the artist Erik Höglund in 1966, giving the east end a distinctly modern character within an older shell.

Several older fittings survive despite the changes to the building. A richly decorated baroque pulpit with its sounding board dates from 1708, and the altarpiece, painted by Pehr Hörberg in 1805, depicts the Ascension. There is also a font carved from Kolmården marble, an iron-bound church chest reportedly in use since 1720 that was carried over from the earlier timber church, and a floor clock said to have been given to the church by a parishioner at its 1770 consecration.

The churchyard contains two graves of the noble Jegerschöld family, including that of a major in the Kalmar regiment who died in 1871, along with his wife and some of their children.