Lindesnes Lighthouse stands at the southernmost tip of Norway, about 6 miles (10 kilometers) southwest of Høllen. The first lighthouse here was built in 1656 to mark the approach to the Skagerrak. The present tower dates from 1915. It is a cylindrical cast iron tower on a granite foundation, 53 feet (16.1 meters) high, painted white with a red top, with a first-order Fresnel lens.
The lamp was refitted in 1822 and 1854. A siren was installed as the first fog signal in 1920. Germany took over the lighthouse in the Second World War and built a fortress here with four guns and a radar antenna, and the trenches and tunnels are still visible. The light was automated in 2003.
It is still an active navigational light. A museum run by the Lindesnes Lighthouse Museum Foundation has a visitor center inside the nearby mountain, with exhibitions, a cinema hall and a cafeteria.
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