[2] The most prominent member of the family was Erik Erikssøn, who in the 1460s was a bailiff in Skien, since a lawyer in Oslo, wrote «to Eline».

Around 1460, the farm belonged to the noble family Gyldenhorn, and it came in the 16th century through marriage owned by the Danish nobleman Eiler Brockenhuus.

His granddaughter Sophie Brockenhuus married Chancellor Jens Bjelke to Austrått, and Elingård inherited first to their son Admiral Henrik Bjelke, and then to their granddaughter's daughter Sophie von Pultz, who was married to Lieutenant General Henrik Jørgen Huitfeldt.

Elingård then changed owner several times, and the property was subdivided, including the islands Misingen, Rauer and Hankø and several large farms separated.

In 1923, Elingård was bought by contractor Arnt Holm, who laid out approximately 6,000 acres for a zoo for wild boar, fallow deer, hares and birds.