The area around the church, known as Skeppsgården, was once a substantial loading and trading site dating back to the mid-1500s. In the early 1600s, oak timber was shipped from here for the construction of the warship Vasa. A wooden chapel stood on the site during this period, serving the local community for well over a century.
By 1773 the old chapel was condemned as unfit for use, and a new stone church was built in its place, consecrated in 1785 in the Gustavian style. This building served the parish for over 170 years until disaster struck on 3 May 1958, when a fire destroyed much of the church, leaving only the walls standing. Fortunately, many valuable furnishings were saved from the flames.
Rather than starting afresh, the parish chose to rebuild using the surviving walls as a foundation, retaining the older masonry in the western section while adding new brickwork to the east. The rebuilt church, slightly shorter than its predecessor but with a taller, narrower tower designed to sit more harmoniously in the landscape, was completed to designs by architect Rolf Bergh and reconsecrated on 2 October 1960.
The gilded pilot cutter atop the spire is more than decorative: it symbolises both the seafaring parish itself and the church's traditional role in guiding souls through life's voyage. Among the rescued furnishings is a wooden font dating from 1709, made by Anders Månsson, one of the few objects to survive both the fire and the passage of centuries. The current pulpit and the church's two bells were all newly made after the fire, in 1959–60.
Adjacent to the church stands Åsviks herrgård, a manor house set within parkland and grazing meadows noted for their unusually large and handsome old oak trees, offering a pleasant setting for anyone visiting the church.