The church was built during the first quarter of the 11th century, originally consisting of an apse, choir and nave.

Its design, with an apse almost as wide as the choir, suggest influences from England, probably conveyed via churches on Zealand and on Jutland.

Furthermore, Hofterup Church contains preserved Romanesque murals on the walls of the choir and the apse; these date from the late 12th century.

[1] The vaults of the nave date from the 15th century and are decorated with late-Gothic murals.

The richly decorated altarpiece is from 1597 and contains the monogram of Christian IV of Denmark (as the province of Skåne didn't become part of Sweden before the Treaty of Roskilde in 1658), but the central oil painting (by Christian Holst) dates from 1754.