konstfack has had several different names since it was founded in 1844 by the ethnologist and artist nils månsson mandelgren as a part-time art school for artisans, under the name "söndags-rit-skola för handtverkare" ("sunday drawing school for artisans"). the school was taken over by "svenska slöjdföreningen" (today known as svensk form) the next year and renamed "svenska slöjdföreningens skola".