It originates from the area of the Kynnefjäll [sv] plateau in northern Bohuslän and Dalsland, in western Sweden.

It is a traditional domestic Swedish breed, and derives from a group of cattle discovered in the 1990s in Skepplanda, in Västergötland, close to the border with Bohuslän.

[4] It originates from the barren pasture land of the Kynnefjäll [sv] plateau in northern Bohuslän and Dalsland, in western Sweden.

[3] In the 1990s a small population was identified in Skepplanda, in Västergötland, close to the border with Bohuslän; the cattle had been brought from the Kynnefjäll.

[8] The Bohuskulla has the typical qualities of mountain cattle: it is agile, fertile, and calves easily.