Lindesnes Lighthouse (Norwegian: Lindesnes fyr) is a coastal lighthouse at the southernmost tip of Norway, about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) southwest of the village of Høllen in Lindesnes municipality in Agder county. The present lighthouse was built in 1915, although the station was first built in 1656 to mark the entrance to the Skaggerak and the Baltic Sea from the North Sea. The current 16.1-metre (53 ft) tall lighthouse is cast iron with a granite foundation. The lighthouse is painted white, with a red top. The light sits at an elevation of 50.1 metres (164 ft) and it emits a fixed and flashing white light that is always on and it rotates between a low intensity and high intensity light every 20 seconds. The light comes from a first order Fresnel lens that can be seen for up to 17.7 nautical miles (32.8 km; 20.4 mi)

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Lindesnes is Norway's southernmost municipality, with the reef Pysen just east of Ryvingen as Norway's southernmost point, while the Lindesnes peninsula is Norway's southernmost point on the mainland. Skjernøy is Norway's southernmost inhabited island, and thus Norway's southernmost point with a permanent settlement.
The municipality is hilly, with typically southern knolls and rocks. The landscape rises in height from the sea towards the mountains, where the highest parts in the border areas with Lyngdal municipality reach approx. 500 m.a.s.l.
Good, flat farmland can be found on Ime in the east, and along the river in the north in Holum.

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During World War II, the lighthouse was taken over by the Germans. Being an important watchpoint, the Germans built a small fortress with four guns and, after a while, a radar antenna. The traces from World War II are still visible as trenches, tunnels, and other fortifications.

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