Gryta kyrka

Christianity reached this district as early as the 11th century, as suggested by crosses carved on local rune stones, and an earlier wooden church may have stood on or near the site before the present stone building. The oldest surviving part of the church, the nave, dates from the 1100s, with a wider chancel added between roughly 1250 and 1350 to replace an earlier, narrower Romanesque one.

In the 15th century the church was substantially enlarged with the addition of a tower, porch and sacristy, and the interior was given brick vaulting. Shortly afterwards, in 1487, the vaults were decorated with paintings attributed to a pupil of the noted medieval church painter Albertus Pictor; a dated inscription on the south wall records the year. The paintings, best preserved in the nave's vaults, depict biblical scenes including the Creation, the Fall, Cain and Abel, and the story of Samson and Delilah, alongside figures of saints and evangelists.

The building's history includes damage from a lightning-caused fire in 1578, after which repairs were carried out over the following years, and the chancel was rebuilt with its present semicircular east end. The tower's upper section was removed in the 1770s and the roofline evened out, and the church was rendered and limewashed both inside and out in 1776. Windows were enlarged on several occasions in the 18th century to bring more light into the interior. A restoration in 1929–1930 uncovered and revealed the medieval wall paintings, which had been covered over.

Among the furnishings, the pulpit, acquired in 1697, is considered the oldest fixed fitting, likely made locally in imitation of a neighbouring church's pulpit style. Three brass candlesticks are thought to date from the 15th century, possibly of Swedish or north German origin. The current altarpiece, in rococo style, was carved by the sculptor Olof Gerdman and purchased in 1752. The organ dates from 1971 but retains an older façade from 1838; when it was installed, the organ loft was removed and the instrument placed on the floor.

Outside, a free-standing wooden bell tower, thought to date from 1752, stands on rising ground north of the church, tarred and shingle-roofed with a small lantern. Two bells hang within it. In the churchyard's southeast corner stands the Spens family burial chapel, built in 1802 in a strict neoclassical style with yellow limewashed walls.