Skånelaholm lies in a very old cultural landscape and may have been a crown estate manor during the early Middle Ages.

The estate is mentioned for the first time in written sources in 1276, when it was sold by King Magnus III to Sko Abbey, a monastery at the site of present-day Skokloster Castle.

The estate however remained the property of the crown until 1641 when it was bought by Andreas Gyldenklou, who built the presently visible main building.

Jennings was born on Ireland but settled in Sweden and made a large fortune as a merchant in Stockholm.

The last private owner of the estate was Herbert and Ing-Marie Rettig, who donated the castle to the Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities in order to preserve it.