South Swedish highlands

The South Swedish highlands (Swedish: Sydsvenska höglandet) is a hilly area covering large parts of Götaland in the southern parts of Sweden. Except for a lack of deep valleys the landscape is similar to the Norrland terrain found further north in Sweden.

Much of the highlands lies above 200 m.a.s.l. and there are large areas around the highlands that exceed 100 m.a.s.l. The highlands are centered on Småland but cover also large swathes of Scania, Halland, Västergötland, Östergötland and Blekinge. The highest point lies 377 m.a.s.l.

Within a geological context the highlands are the expression of the South Swedish Dome. During the last deglaciation of the Weichselian Ice Sheet the South Swedish highlands were a place of ice flow divergence.