[4][5] The park was built - starting in 1932 - by Svante Påhlson, who was at that time the miller in Rottneros and lived there in a manor house.

[6] In the 1950s, Påhlson constructed yet a new manor house reflecting the Ekeby from Selma Lagerlöf's novel Gösta Berling.

[2][1][6][7] He made sure that - as in other classical parks - the two axes (north-south and east-west axis), which intersect at the manor house, were preserved.

[6][7] The park was part of the Interreg North Sea Project CUPIDO (Culture Power: Inspire to Develop Rural Areas) from 2019 to 2020.

They produced short films about Värmland's cultural environments and explain why they are of national interest, one of which is Rottneros Park.