Editing Sjöbo Municipality (section)

==Activities==
There are at least five (largely) authentic medieval churches from the 12th century in the municipality (in [[Södra Åsum]], [[Tolånga]], [[Björka]], [[Blentarp]] and [[Everlöv Church|Everlöv]]). They are notable for not having undergone the severe restorations that many other churches in Scania suffered once the population began growing in the second half of the 19th century and [[Helgo Zetterwall]] was hired to expand on them.

Frescos which adorned the apse of Södra Åsum church and the ceilings of the churches in Everlöv and Illstrop centuries ago have been slowly uncovered in recent years.  Many similar churches had their ornamentation stripped and their paintings plastered over as part of the iconoclasm of Sweden's adoption of [[Lutheranism]].

Apart from religious activities, there is the annual festival ''Sjöbo marknad'', which translates to English as ''Sjöbo fair.'' It was first held in 1864, and is now held in late July, attracting some 100,000 visitors, making it one of the largest country fairs in [[Sweden]]. It has [[carousel]]s and is otherwise noted for its [[pottery]] vendors and trade.{{citation needed|date=February 2013}}