[4] The Kvärkabäcken and Skäralid streams that traverses Söderåsen are believed to be antecedent rivers that existed prior to the present-day relief.

[8] Earlier views have suggested the lake may be a volcanic explosion crater, a nivation hollow or formed by fluvial erosion or as plunge pool of glacial meltwater.

[7] These various theories that had accumulated up to the 1980s were proposed by Alfred Gabriel Nathorst, Lennart von Post, Mats Åkesson and Anders Rapp among others.

[7] The landscape offers views of leafy deciduous forests and powerful screes with high rocks, flowing watercourses and wide vistas.

It was established in 2001 in the municipalities of Klippan and Svalöv and ranges from the Skäralid ravine in the north to the Nackarpsdalen in the south.

Some of the noted features in the national park are the Oden Lake in Nackarpsdalen and the viewpoints Kopparhatten, Hjortsprånget and Lierna along the Skäralidsdalen.