The family was elevated to noble rank in the Kingdom of Sweden.

[2] The earliest known member of the Linroth family, Laurentius Theodori, served as a vicar.

[3] Elias Linrot acquired the Alkvettern and Lanfors Ironworks', and in 1691, his children were ennobled, following a request by the latter's sons.

[4] Members of the Linroth family were in the 17th century living in Värmland, where they managed ironworks in Bjurtjärn and Lungsund sockens, in present-day Storfors Municipality.

[5] The family has also donated various items to the church,[6] where the Linroth-burial vault was built in the 1730s.