As early as 1872, August Abrahamson and his nephew Otto Salomon started a craft school at Nääs. Since then, Nääs has been a center for crafts and handiwork, welcoming students

A grand two-day Midsummer celebration has been held at Nääs since the handicraft school was founded in the late 1800s. The celebration continues to be held annually and is a

Nääs early became a meeting place for traditional games and new sports. Sweden’s first basketball game was played here in 1897, and handball was introduced in 1909. Through courses and

Otto Salomon developed the Nääs Method, in which students worked from model series, progressing from simple to more advanced objects. The focus was on development from easy to difficult and

Nääs Craft Teacher Training College was founded in 1872 by August Abrahamson and Otto Salomon and became an international centre for educational crafts. Both men and women from all over