It was also the first to offer sloyd, a handicraft-based education, in addition to theoretical subjects.

The school was originally located in Brunkeberg Hotel [sv], where only sloyd was taught, but moved in 1877 to Regeringsgatan 28, where it was divided into two departments,[1] one for reading and manual work and one exclusively for manual work.

[1] Between 1877 and 1938 the school had several different addresses on Malmtorgsgatan and Arsenalsgatan before settling at Kommendörsgatan 13.

In the autobiographical book Laterna magica, Ingmar Bergman commented on the teachers at the Palmgren Coeducational School.

[4] Notable teachers include Oskar Lindberg (1910–1920) and Eric Ericson (1944–1952).