The church grew out of Olivegren's winning entry in a 1953 design competition for small churches, and it was his second church commission. A brick path and steps lead up to the building, which is constructed from the same dark-toned brick as the approach, sourced from the Slottsmöllan brickworks. Long window bands break up the side walls, while an opening in the chancel roof casts light onto the front of the nave, giving the interior a distinctive quality of illumination.
Inside, the timber ceiling of stained pine rests on heavy wooden beams supporting an open gabled roof. Light and dark oak have been used throughout the fittings, including the pulpit, altar and font, echoing the red brick that dominates both the exterior and interior. The seating is arranged flexibly rather than fixed, allowing the space to be used for different purposes.
A freestanding bell tower stands to the east of the church, beside the road, holding a bell cast by M & O Ohlsson of Ystad. Unusually, the structure is positioned partly above and partly below the level of the churchyard wall; this arrangement is said to reflect both height regulations and a symbolic idea of the tower as a signpost inviting people to approach the church and of the church reaching out towards the community.
Among the furnishings, the altar is built of red brick with an oak-panelled front and a limestone altar slab quarried at Ignaberga in Skåne. Above it, a colourful glass mosaic by artist Ralph Bergholtz depicts three scenes from the Passion of Christ, and Bergholtz also designed symbolic decorative windows in the east wall relating to themes from the Gospel of John. The font has a concrete-glass basin resting on an oak ring set upon a square brick base, and a wooden relief of the Holy Family was created by Peter Obertscheider in 1988.
A parish hall was added in 1986, linked to the church by a glazed corridor, replacing an earlier parish room at the rear of the nave. The church's first organ was built in 1958 by Hammarbergs Orgelbyggeri, later supplemented in 1997 by a further instrument in oak by Kaliff & Löthman.