Fjärestads kyrka

A church and tower were first built here in the 1200s. By the mid-19th century the medieval building had become too small and was in poor condition, so it was decided to construct a new church. Rather than demolishing the old one first, the new church was built around it, allowing worship to continue through much of the construction period; the old walls were then dismantled and carried away stone by stone. The medieval tower, however, was left standing. The present church was consecrated in 1863.

A notable discovery came to light in 1999, when the exterior was renovated: a carved stone relief of a lying lion, in an early medieval Romanesque style, was found built into the church's north-eastern outer wall, just below the eaves. It had been recorded in the mid-1800s by the antiquarian Carl Georg Brunius as part of an old portal decoration, then apparently lost to view until its rediscovery. The relief was subsequently limewashed over for protection, though a cast of it can be seen in the porch.

Inside, the church's most striking feature is a triptych altarpiece painted in 1946 by Erik Abrahamson, depicting scenes from the life of Christ together with all twelve apostles; when closed, its outer panels show scenes from the Passion. A gilded cross that once adorned the altar now stands against the north wall of the chancel, alongside a figure of Christ that also formerly served as an altar ornament. The pulpit dates from the early 1600s and is thought to be the work of the same craftsman responsible for the pulpit in Bårslöv church. An earlier altarpiece from 1625 was removed and is now held by the Swedish History Museum in Stockholm.

Much of the church's interior furnishing was donated by parishioners over the years, giving the building a distinctly local, community character.

The organ has a mixed history: an 1881 instrument by Anders Victor Lundahl of Malmö was later replaced by a mechanical organ built in 1967 by A. Mårtensson's Orgelfabrik of Lund, which reuses the earlier organ's façade.