[1] It was founded on 15 August 1872 by Conrad Peter Julius Krebs.

Initially, the school was run out of Krebs' own home on Sortedam Dossering.

It soon moved to a location on Tordenskjoldsgade in central Copenhagen and then to Nørregade 20.

Stockholmsgade 5 contained all of the school's programs until 1959, when it began expanding into other buildings.

Today, the school's campus consists of Stockholmsgade 5, 7, and 9, as well as a smaller pavilion.