Steneby has traditions as the centre of a prosperous agricultural district. The church's history includes traditions linking Steneby to the pilgrim routes towards Nidaros.
The rectory's main building and a wing building are both from the 18th century. The church's oldest parts, in the western part of the nave, are considered to date from about 1200, possibly the late 1100s. Its current form and extent date from the 18th century. In 1732-33 the church was extended to the east and given a three-sided chancel termination. In 1751 the tall and sturdy tower in the west was erected, at the same time as the nave was extended slightly in that direction. The sacristy was built sometime between 1735 and 1751.
The church interior gives a long, narrow, bright and spacious impression, with the chancel in the east and the organ gallery in the west. The walls and ceiling are plastered and have decorative paintings from 1895. In the central part of the ceiling there are two angel motifs. A white-plastered altar of granite, with an altar slab made of two limestone slabs, is reportedly built in 1733. The altarpiece from 1738 was made by the sculptor Nils Falk and probably painted by the master painter Hans Georg SchŸffner.
The pulpit was made by Erik Grund, Karlstad, in Rococo style in 1779. On the walls hang three epitaphs commemorating noble families who were active in the area: the Svinhufvud, Friedrich Ugglas and Gregorius Ahlefeldt families.
The church contains three baptismal fonts, or parts thereof. One is a base of a soapstone font dated to about 1200, another is an original font from the 18th century with a wooden baptismal bowl supported by a putto, and the third is the font currently in use, made of limestone from 1958. Immediately south of the church's sacristy is the Kaflerska burial vault and a grave monument to the assessor Otto Henrik de Frese (1720-94) and his wife, who lived at the manor of Lästvik. In the Kaflerska burial vault rest Johan Samuel Kafle (1764-1836) and his wife, who resided at the manor of Dingelvik.