Billeberga kyrka

An earlier, medieval church in Romanesque style once stood a short distance to the west of the present building. By the mid-19th century it was judged too small, and its low-lying position near the stream left it prone to regular flooding. After a decade of debate over where to build, mainly concerning site and drainage, the old church was demolished around 1860–1861 and its materials reused in the construction of a new, larger stone church slightly to the west.

The new church, designed in Neo-Gothic style by the royal architect Fredrik Wilhelm Scholander, was consecrated on 1 January 1862 by Bishop Johan Henrik Thomander. It proved structurally troublesome almost from the start, with roofing problems reported within five years. By 1914 the building was considered unfit for worship, and a major renovation, designed by cathedral architect Theodor Wåhlin, was approved the following year. On the very evening of the last service held before work began, in April 1915, fire destroyed the church's roof and interior, leaving only the outer walls standing.

The church was rebuilt on the surviving walls to Wåhlin's design, keeping the Neo-Gothic exterior but replacing the original saddle roof with a distinctive stepped 'säteri' roof; sources note the tower's stepped gables on all four sides as an unusual feature. The rebuilt church was consecrated by Bishop Gottfrid Billing on Candlemas, 5 February 1917, in a ceremony attended by hundreds despite a reportedly failed heating system. A lantern above the chancel, admitting daylight directly onto the altar, was fitted at this time; it was later blocked in 1939, said to be to avoid the church serving as a landmark for wartime aircraft, before being reopened during a 1993 renovation.

Inside, the church has a restrained Art Nouveau character, with dark-stained woodwork and gilded ornament, a nave divided by two rows of pillars with sandstone capitals, and floors of polished limestone (wood beneath the pews). The chancel is decorated with a painting of the Madonna flanked by angels, attributed to the Copenhagen-based artist recorded variously as Celestine or Ernestine Nyrop, created during the First World War. The font, carved from Ignaberga limestone in 1918, bears symbols of the four evangelists. The current organ, built in 1967 by Mårtensson's organ workshop in Lund, replaced two earlier instruments from 1864 and 1917.

The church's two bells were cast in Stockholm from metal salvaged from the older bells damaged in the 1915 fire, and their inscriptions record the names of the vicar, churchwardens and bishop at the time of the rebuilding.