[1] The original Skattunge church a wooden chapel built in the 1600s.

During construction of the present church, the old chapel served as scaffolding.

Construction of the church was made possible thanks to donations of a number of parishioners.

New pews were inserted and fitted with doors in the style benches from the 1840s.

The church was used as one of the filming locations for one of Ingmar Bergman's movies, Winter Light or Nattvardsgästerna in Swedish, in 1963.