A beautiful village located on a high site, nestled in Österlen's most forested area. The railway came to the village in 1901 and even today there are trains on the track, but the railway has been a museum railway for many years, a popular tourist attraction that takes passengers on a nostalgic and beautiful trip between St. Olof and Brösarp. It is also possible to ride a trolley.
In St. Olof there is childcare, school, b&b, one of Österlen's best adventures, Byvägen 35, as well as a grocery store, craftsmen of various kinds and a retirement home. The village's well-kept open-air swimming pool, beautifully situated by the stream through the northern parts of the village, is now managed by the lively sports club S:t Olofs IF, which over the years has had many different activities on its program in addition to the dominant football. Here, the talented enthusiast Sten Nilsson guided a couple of national team members in athletics, for example. There are still many activities and great interest around the fine facility Kvarnvallen, right next to the old Dutch mill.
Village communities, an active scout group, a youth recreation centre that will soon become a book café as well and a whole range of other associations keep life in St. Olof going all year round. The surroundings of the village are characterized by mixed forest and small fields, pastures and pastures. Just outside St. Olof is the municipality's highest point: Hjulahultsbacken, 185 meters above sea level. St. Olof also holds the Scanian record for snow depth, 1000 mm in 1942. St. Olof's Church is a well-known place, a Gothic church with many magnificent, ornate altars and altarpieces.
Originally, there were nine altars of saints, today there are four left: the High Altar, the Trinity, Mary and the St. Anne's Altar. But the treasure above all others is St. Olof's image with the silver axe: "If a sick person strokes himself nine times with the axe and is strangely healed". To the south of the church is a sacrificial well where the people still today throw down a penny for health.
