The community of Skutskär grew up around a sawmill established in the 1870s, and for years church services were held in makeshift settings — first a schoolroom, later a parish hall — before a decision to build a proper church was finally taken in 1896. The red-brick, whitewashed building was designed by architects Nils Nordén and Gustaf Hermansson in a Gothic Revival style, with a spacious nave, a polygonal apse, pointed windows and a west tower. It was consecrated on Midsummer Day 1906, which is why it was given the name Johanneskyrkan, after John the Baptist, whose feast falls on that day.
Disaster struck on the night of 7 January 1921, when a fire destroyed almost everything except the brick walls and the lower part of the tower. Among the few furnishings rescued were the font, church silver, a chasuble and some books. Rebuilding began at once, and the church was reconsecrated by Archbishop Nathan Söderblom before the end of the same year. The artist Sven Linnborg, who had already painted decorative work in the porch, chancel and nave during the original construction, returned after the fire to recreate similar mural decoration, including brickwork-imitating patterns in the porch vaulting.
The tall, light-filled nave is covered by an open timber roof, while the chancel has a masonry vault. Three stained-glass windows in the apse, added in 1921, form the visual focus of the interior. The pulpit, altar, altar rail, west gallery and open pew seating all date from the post-fire rebuilding, closely following the original 1906 designs. A further restoration in 1977–78, overseen by architect Per Borgström, brought the altar forward as a free-standing piece, moved the pulpit to the north side of the nave, halved the number of pews, and converted the transepts into a sacristy and storage space.