The first woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, Selma Lagerlöf, was born and raised at Mårbacka.

[1][2] Today, the manor building and the surrounding area is kept as a memorial museum honoring her literary career.

Together with the horticulturist Ruth Martina Brandberg (1878–1944), she created the garden comprising a wide variety of bushes, shrubs, fruit trees, vegetable and flower.

The original red-painted cottage was extended eastward, a new floor and an attic were added and the grand facade completed its transformation into an elegant manor.

[4][5][6] In her last will and testament Selma Lagerlöf wrote that Mårbacka should be preserved as a memorial estate and be shown to the public.