The church's exact building date is uncertain, though it is generally placed no earlier than the 1300s. One source notes that the Swedish National Encyclopaedia has suggested construction in the 1520s, based on dendrochronological dating, so visitors should be aware that dating traditions differ. Services were held here until 1864, after which the church fell out of regular use.
A drawing made in 1868 shows that the church then still had a sacristy and a porch, both since demolished. An east-wall window opening survives from the medieval period, and the gable ends feature round, brick-ornamented window openings. In the 18th century the current windows were inserted, and in the process the medieval ones were lost. The round-arched south portal, however, has been preserved and remains in use.
Inside, the church measures roughly 12.5 by 7.7 metres, with whitewashed ceiling and walls. The ceiling is of a simple triangular-panelled type, decorated with modest painted ornament.
Most of the furnishings date from the 1600s. The altarpiece, painted around the mid-17th century by Seth Knutsson, forms part of a triptych with a central section and two wings. Its inscriptions are in Danish, a reminder that this area belonged to Norway/Denmark before the Treaty of Brömsebro in 1645. Stylistically restrained in keeping with the early Reformation period, the altarpiece nonetheless carries medieval iconographic elements. The pulpit, made in 1672 by Per Ivarsson, was later repainted and had decorative additions made to it in 1739.
Among the church's older treasures is a triumphal crucifix from the 1400s, originally brought here from Hallen church. The building is also known as the original home of the so-called Marby rug, a notable textile now kept at the Swedish History Museum in Stockholm.