The chapel takes its name from a medieval predecessor dedicated to Saint George (Sankt Göran, Danish: Sankt Jørgen) that once stood near Ny Varberg. Plans for a purpose-built chapel and crematorium at the cemetery took decades to come to fruition: the site itself opened in 1884, but proposals for a permanent chapel were repeatedly delayed by funding and planning difficulties from the 1930s through the 1960s, including an architectural competition in 1948 and a later design produced by students at Chalmers University of Technology. Construction finally began in 1967, and the completed chapel was consecrated in April 1969 by Bishop Bo Giertz.
The building stands on the south-facing slope of Håstensberget, with façades of marble and cement and a freestanding concrete bell tower some 15 metres high in front of it. Inside the ceremonial hall, the marble is combined with Canadian red pine. The complex also includes a sacristy, offices, a gathering room, and crematorium facilities such as the cremator, a mortuary room and a cold-storage room.
Among the furnishings are an interment bowl and interment spade dating from the eighteenth century, along with silver candlesticks presented by the local cremation society as a gift for the 1969 inauguration.
Between 2015 and 2016 an extension was added to the chapel, designed by Defyra Arkitekter of Gothenburg, comprising a concrete lower storey with mortuary and staff rooms and a separate cedar-clad ceremonial room above.
Adjoining the chapel is the parish's urn collection room, where crematorium staff meet relatives who have arranged to collect an urn ahead of burial.