When the Gusum brassworks was established in 1652, the southern part of Ringarum parish became increasingly populous, yet villagers still faced a long journey to the parish church at Ringarum. A small timber chapel was built near the works towards the end of the seventeenth century, but demand grew for a proper church of their own. In 1727 the works' owners offered to fund a new building, and construction began in 1730 or 1731. The church was consecrated in 1731 by Bishop Eric Benzelius.
The result was a simple rectangular building with a steep roof and a timber vault, later flattened, inside. A sacristy was added to the north and a porch to the south, the latter eventually absorbed into the main body of the church. A freestanding bell tower, admired for its pleasing proportions and typical of the region's provincial building style, followed some years later, finally completed in 1752.
The church's furnishings reflect its industrial roots. The brass font, richly ornamented, was made at the Gusum works in the latter part of the seventeenth century, as were most of the light fittings, including a crown dating from 1695. The pulpit, in Renaissance style, is said to have come from the chapel of Stegeborg Castle and is considered an unusual surviving example of the earliest Renaissance pulpit design.
The altarpiece, depicting the women at Christ's tomb, was painted by Olle Hjortzberg and donated in 1940 by works manager Lage Westerberg and his wife.
The church has had several organs over the years. A gallery and the first organ were installed in 1768, though sources differ on its exact origin and specification; later instruments followed in 1834 and 1914. The current organ, a mechanical instrument with fourteen stops across two manuals and pedal, was built in 1966 or 1967 and stands in the old porch, known locally as the 'little church'.