Nödinge kyrka

The church replaced an earlier Romanesque stone church dating from the 11th century, which was demolished when the present building went up. The whitewashed stone nave is topped with a timber superstructure, and the timber west tower, set on a low stone base, carries an open lantern.

Excavations carried out during restoration work in 1981–1982, when the nave floor was dug up to install underfloor heating, produced striking discoveries. Remains of the medieval church's walls were found still standing to about a metre in height, and parts of these can still be seen today through glass panels set into the church floor. Among the loose finds were a metre-long sword of a thirteenth-century type and a small hand bell. Most remarkable of all were around ten Christian burials of women, found beneath the medieval church walls and therefore older still. Many of the well-preserved bodies had been laid in coverings of ash, oak bark and birch bark, with hazel rods placed over the bark coffins. These graves have been dated to around 1030–1050, the late Viking Age, and are considered unique in a Nordic context. Because medieval burial custom often placed men south of a church and women to the north, the graves may mark a cemetery lying north of an as yet undiscovered contemporary wooden church, itself perhaps sited here because of the area's earlier significance for pre-Christian ritual and offering.

Inside, the church is notable for its Baroque decoration, particularly ceiling paintings created in 1734–1736 by the painter Alexander Fox. These are his only surviving ceiling paintings and have never been painted over, although they were reworked in 1899 by Martin Bernhard Wallström; the original scheme was later uncovered again during restorations in 1940 and 1985–1986. Older wall and ceiling paintings, not by Fox, are also found in the tower. Fox's work is said to show strong influence from his teacher, Christian von Schönfeldt, in both subject matter and style.

Other fittings include an altarpiece and pulpit made in 1730 and 1741 respectively by the sculptor Johan Petter Weber, a font dating from the thirteenth century (completed by Weber in 1744), and an altar painting of the Last Supper by Alexander Fox from 1731. Pew doors, a carved trumpeting angel and a number board all date from the eighteenth century. The church's two bells are of differing age and uncertain detail: the larger bell is late medieval and uninscribed, while the smaller bell carries a date read as either 1621 or 1671, with a German inscription possibly linking it to the founder Hans Ternant of Gothenburg.

The church has also had a moment of modern visibility, having been used as a filming location for the 2013 Swedish comedy film Sune på bilsemester.