The church was built from 1974 and consecrated on 2 August 1975. Its construction proved controversial locally, as it was reportedly built on land previously used for recreation by pupils of the neighbouring Sunnadalskolan. The architect was Anders Berglund of Värnamo, and the resulting building is airy and modern, seating around 200 to 250 people (sources give slightly differing figures) on movable chairs rather than fixed pews.
A striking feature is the stoneware cross mounted high on the chancel wall, created by the Karlskrona-based artist Alf Jarnestad. Jarnestad worked for a decade as a decorative painter at Gustavsberg before joining Karlskrona Porslinsfabrik as a designer in the mid-1950s; his work is held by several major Swedish museums, including the Nationalmuseum and the Röhsska Museum in Gothenburg.
Other notable furnishings include tapestries on the chancel wall depicting birds in the sky, designed by Karin Jönsson of Lund, who also designed the chancel carpet, and floor candlesticks designed by Sten Blomberg. The church also holds a votive ship model of the vessel Jarramas, a maritime tradition found in many Swedish churches, particularly fitting given Karlskrona's naval heritage.
A freestanding bell tower stands beside the church; its bell was cast at the M & E Ohlsson foundry in Ystad and donated by the Marieberg Small Churches Foundation. The church's original organ, built in 1975 by J. Künkels Orgelverkstad of Lund, was replaced in 1993 by a larger sixteen-stop mechanical organ built by Sune Fondell at Ålems Orgelverkstad, now positioned against the end wall of the nave.