''Norrtulls sjukhus'' ("Norrtull hospital") in

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was erected 1883–85 as a model

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, converted in the 1920s to a

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that in 1951 was relocated to the Caroline Institute and later renamed to Astrid Lindgren Children’s Hospital. Norrtulls sjukhus was then converted into a

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hospital, and in the 1990s to a

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clinic. As the buildings in 2004 were deemed inappropriate, they have been sold on the open market. The school

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is since 2015 located to a part of Norrtulls sjukhus, which Lilla Akademien is as well.

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