The oldest parts of the grey-stone church date from the 1200s. In 1703 the medieval timber chancel was replaced by a stone extension, and a former south entrance was partly blocked, leaving a small window; the current doorway dates from 1688. The tower, built in a neoclassical style with two bells, was added in 1805.
Inside, the barrel-vaulted ceiling carries painted decoration from 1739 by Ditlof Ross, showing scenes of paradise and hell, including depictions of the instruments of Christ's Passion arranged along the ceiling's long sides. These paintings were altered during a restoration in 1895, when a depiction of hell above the west gallery is thought to have been painted over; the original scheme was uncovered again in 1946–47. The gallery front was also painted by Ross at the same time as the ceiling.
Furnishings include a font believed to be roughly contemporary with the church itself, and a pulpit made in 1721 by Michael Schmidt. Stained glass dates from 1895. The altar sculpture and a tall carved oak altarpiece, completed in 1954–55 by sculptor Erik Nilsson to designs by architect Sigfrid Ericson, form a crucifixion group with Mary and John at the foot of the cross; Ericson also designed the sacristy added during a 1948 restoration, which aimed to restore the church's eighteenth-century character. Pews were renewed around the same period.
Behind the chancel, on a grassy mound, lies the burial ground of the Ekman family, who owned Kilanda manor from 1797 to 1958; some twenty-five family members are buried there, many graves marked with black cast-iron crosses.
The church and surrounding village were used as a filming location for the 1975 Swedish television adaptation of Vilhelm Moberg's novel Raskens.