Svinhult is a village in Ydre in the South Swedish highlands near the border between SmÃÂ¥land and ÃÂstergötland. According to Svenskt ortnamnslexikon the name of the locality means "place of wildboars", while local scholar Robert Norrby traces it to "svidhja" meaning slash-and-burn which as a common agricultural practice in the past. Compared to other places of Ydre, Svinhult is more inhospitable. The vegetation around Svinhult is made up by pines and spruces while broad-leaf forests patches are few.