The earliest recorded reference to Möckelsbodar can be found in a legal declaration made by Holdo Olofsson Stråhle and his wife Margarethe on April 9, 1268. Additional sources from the 14th century indicate that there were initial settlements established at the northern shore of Lake Möckeln, including the Sandviken estate, which was owned by the Cistercian nunnery, Riseberga Abbey.
