School of Design and Crafts The
School of Design and Crafts (, abbreviated
HDK) at the
University of Gothenburg was a design school in the Faculty of Fine, Applied and Performing Arts. It was started in 1848 with the name Slöjdföreningens skola. The main building is on Kristinelundsgatan in Gothenburg. The school also contained HDK Steneby in
Dals Långed.
Gothenburg Drawing School The Valand School of Fine Art was founded as the Gothenburg Drawing School () in 1865 and has been part of the
University of Gothenburg since 1977. The school is situated in central Gothenburg, currently across Vasagatan from the original building. Valand was the name of the construction company formed in order to build the original building which is now occupied by a nightclub of the same name, as well as a fraternal order.
Valand Academy In 2012,
Valand Academy was formed through a merge of the
Valand School of Fine Art and three other formerly independent institutions at the University of Gothenburg: the
School of Film Directing, the
School of Photography and the
Department of Literary Composition.
HDK-Valand – Academy of Art and Design In 2020, Valand Academy merged with another school within the same faculty, the
School of Design and Crafts / HDK (in Swedish, Högskolan för Design och Konsthandverk). The merged school is now called HDK-Valand – Academy of Art and Design. == Notable alumni ==