It was commissioned by Axel von Fersen the Elder and designed by Jean Eric Rehn.

The building is well preserved and regarded a good example of the style of the Gustavian era.

The castle belongs to the Listed buildings in Sweden since 1989.

Ljung is noted as a property of no consequence in the early 17th-century.

It was owned by a consortium from 1908, who divided up the land to various owners.