[1] Johannes Rudbeckius had founded the first Gymnasium (school) for males in 1623.
The law had already in the Swedish Church Ordinance 1571 stated that girls should receive schooling, but it had left the responsibility to provide schools for them to the responsibility of the local authorities.
The school was publicly financed and mainly received students from the poor classes and orphans.
It provided elementary education and the subjects were reading, writing, Christianity, mathematics and handicrafts.
The staff consisted of the male principal and a female teacher, who was also his wife.