Kvistbro kyrka

The present church was completed in 1662, replacing a smaller medieval timber church that stood on the same site. When the old building was demolished, its stone sacristy was retained and incorporated into the new church, where it still stands against the north side of the chancel. The freestanding bell tower, of a type common in Närke with an open bell frame, dates from the same period as the church itself and houses two bells, one cast in 1531 and the other in 1660 (one bell was recast in 1840).

The church is a red-painted, log-built timber structure with a rectangular plan, cut corners and a steeply pitched hipped roof over the nave, all covered in wooden shingles. Its interior decoration developed gradually: a pulpit and altarpiece in Baroque style, along with painted decoration on the ceiling and walls, were added later in the 17th century, with the pulpit and altarpiece usually dated to 1689.

The building's appearance has shifted considerably over time. In the late 18th century the interior was whitewashed, the windows enlarged, and the pulpit given new marbling and imitation gilding. A further overhaul in 1892 saw the interior lined with tongue-and-groove panelling and stencilled decoration, the old box pews replaced with open benches, and new windows cut into the chancel; the shingle exterior was later painted with linseed oil paint. Restoration work in 1954–55 reversed much of this, exposing the original log walls, uncovering earlier decorative painting, and returning the exterior to its traditional red-shingled finish.

The original altarpiece, set around a window on the chancel's east wall and depicting the Transfiguration above a scene of the Last Supper, with the apostles Peter and John at the sides, was eventually superseded when that window was blocked. Since 1801 the chancel has instead displayed an altarpiece of Christ in Gethsemane, attributed to L.E. Lund, which now hangs on the north wall; a stained-glass depiction of the Crucifixion was installed above the altar during the 1950s restoration. The church also holds two font basins, one in carved wood said to have been donated by a local craftsman in 1840, and one in limestone, along with two bridal crowns, one of silver-gilt set with semi-precious stones and one of plain silver.

The church's organ history spans several instruments, including 19th- and 20th-century organs by Stockholm and Örebro builders, with the current main organ dating from 1955; a smaller mechanical choir organ was added in 1989.