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| Founded | 12 March 1891 |
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| Based in | Stockholm, Sweden |
| Stadium | 3Arena (men's football) Stockholm Olympic Stadium (women's football) Hovet (ice hockey) Östermalms IP (bandy) |
| Colours | yellow, red, blue[1] |
| Chairman | Andreas von der Heide |
| Officialfan club | Järnkaminerna |
| Website | www |
Djurgårdens Idrottsförening, commonly known simply asDjurgårdens IF,Djurgården (IPA:[ˈjʉ̂ːrˌɡoːɖɛn]), and (especially locally)Djurgår'n (IPA:[ˈjʉ̌ː(r)ɡɔɳ]),Dif orDIF[A] – is a Swedishsports association with several sections, located inStockholm. Djurgårdens IF is analliance club [sv] since 1991 and, as of 2025[update], it consists of 22 individual sports clubs.[2]
Theclub was founded in 1891 by a group of youngathletes living in the borough and port districtDjurgårdsstaden [sv] onDjurgården in centralStockholm. Inspired by the NorwegianHis Majesty the King's Guard and theirski jumping exhibitions in Stockholm, the adolescents of the area contested diverse sports against each other both summertime and wintertime.[3] On 12 March 1891,John G. Jansson, then 22 years old, and a dozen others founded Djurgårdens IF nearFranska värdshuset [sv].[3] The exact address was a café on Alberget 4a.[4] Jansson became the first chairman.[3] Most of the founders were from the working class, and Djurgården maintained that profile for most of its early history, in sharp contrast with middle class rivalsAIK.[5] From the beginning, to be considered a member, one had to live on the island of Djurgården, but this was soon erased from the statues of the club.[3]
With an original focus onwinter sports andathletics, the club quickly branched into other sports, becoming one of Sweden's most successful sports clubs of the 20th and 21st century.[6]
In 1897,Gustaf Söderström became Djurgårdens IF's first Swedish champion when he won theshot put (both hands), event at theSwedish Athletics Championships.[7][8] He repeated the achievement the following year, and also won thediscus throw event.[8] Söderström also competed in the1900 Summer Olympics and won thetug of war event.[9] Club mateKarl Gustaf Staaf was also in the Denmark–Sweden mixed team that won.[10]
The football department was formed in 1899 with the help of formerGAIS playerTheodor Andersson.[11] The team played its first match in July 1899, a 1–2 loss againstAIK.[11] Soon started a strong and close competition with neighbouring clubAIK.[12] Both were founded within a month in 1891.[13] The two rivals play theTvillingderbyt.[14]
In 1900,Ernst Ekberg became the clubs first Swedish champion inracewalking, winning the 5000 metres event.[7] In 1904, Djurgården won its first Swedish championship inspeed skating whenBirger Carlsson won the allround event.[7]Swimming had become a sport for the programme of the club, but in 1906 the swimmers left the club and instead startedSK Neptun.[3]
In 1908,the bandy team won its firstnational title.[15][7] The team consisted ofErik Andéhn,Gunnar Friberg,Ivar Friberg,Götrik Frykman,Gottfrid Johansson,Erik Lavass,Bror Modén,Algot Nilsson,Karl Öhman,Arvid Spångberg, andBirger Walla.[7] Women were allowed into the club in 1908.[16] In 1909,Tage Carlsson won the clubs first national championship title incycling, when he won the 5 km track event.[7][17]
In 1910,N. A. Hedjerson won the firstSwedish championship title incross-country skiing, the 30 km event.[3][18][7] The same year,Einar Olsson also won the club's first Swedish championship inNordic combined andski jumping.[19] Einar Olsson, who had joined Djurgårdens IF in 1905, would become national champion inski jumping,Nordic combined,ski orienteering andfootball.[20] In 1911, Hedjerson,Albin Sandström, andAlfred Sandström won the club's first Swedish championship inski orienteering by winning the relay event.[7]
In 1911,Gottfrid Svensson became Djurgården's first Swedish champion inwrestling, when he won theGreco-Roman lightweight event, which he also repeated in 1912 and 1913.[7] Also in 1911,Bertil Gustavsson became Djurgårdens IF's first champion inweightlifting when he won the one-hand snatch event.[7]
From 1911, Djurgårdens IF rented the groundTranebergs IP.[3] In 1912,the bandy team won its second national title.[15] At the1912 Summer Olympics, Djurgården athleteErik Almlöf representedSweden and won a bronze medal in themen's triple jump event.[21] The same yearthe men's football team won its first national championship title, winning the1912 Svenska Mästerskapet final with a team consisting ofGösta Backlund,Gösta Dahlberg,Götrik Frykman,Victor Jansson,Valdemar Johannison,Gösta Karlsson,Bertil Nordenskjöld,Nils Öhman,Einar Olsson,Jean Söderberg, andRagnar Wicksell.[7] The team then repeated the achievement three times the following years – in the1915 final,1917 final and1920 final.[22]
From 1913 to 1919, Djurgården ski jumpers won seven consecutive national championships inski jumping withNils Lindh claiming three,Einar Olsson three andMenotti Jakobsson one.[19] In 1913, Einar Olsson won the ski jumping event at the1913 Nordic Games.[23] The club won its first Swedish championship title inboxing in 1920 whenDavid Lindén won the men's light heavyweight title.[7] At the1920 Summer Olympics, Djurgården wrestlerGottfrid Svensson representedSweden and won a silver medal in themen's freestyle lightweight event.[24] At thesame Olympics, Djurgården wrestlerFritiof Svensson won a bronze medal in themen's Greco-Roman featherweight event.[25] In 1922, Svensson becamewrestling world champion at the1922 World Wrestling Championships, held atCirkus in Stockholm.[26][25] In 1922,the ice hockey team entered the1922 Swedish Ice Hockey Championship but lost in the semi-finals againstHammarby IF, and in the following season, the team first participated in the1923 Klass I.[27]
In 1924, Djurgården won its first Swedish championship title in a women's event whenKarin Bollner,Sigrid Sandström, andEster Hedjerson won the women's 10 km team event at theSwedish Cross-Country Skiing Championships.[7] At the1924 Summer Olympics, Djurgården footballerHarry Sundberg was part ofSweden's bronze medal winning team in thefootball tournament.[28]
In 1926,the ice hockey team won its firstSwedish championship.[29] In the final, they beatVästerås IK, 7–1.[29][30] The title winning team consisted ofRuben Allinger,Folke Andersson,Sune Andersson,Wilhelm Arwe,Nils Johansson,Ernst Karlberg,Erik Lindgren, andWalter Söderman.[7]The men's football team made its debut inAllsvenskan in the1927–28 season, but the stay only lasted one season.[31] At the1928 Winter Olympics, two Djurgården ice hockey players –Nils Johansson[32] andErnst Karlberg[33] – was part ofSweden's bronze medal winning team in themen's tournament. Also in 1928,Bertil Nordenskjöld became the chairman of Djurgården.[3] He was a former football defender of the club and four-time Swedish champion.[34]
At the 1928Swedish Women's Athletics Championships, Djurgårdens IF won their first four Swedish championship titles in women's athletics events –Ebba Myrberg won the100 metres event and thelong jump,Inga Gentzel the800 metres event and a team consisting of theMargareta Hagelberg, Myrberg,Emy Pettersson, andAnna Sundblad won the4 × 100 metres relay event.[35][7] The championship, held atStrömvallen inGävle was the first championship where women competed.[36] Later in the year Djurgården's Gentzel representedSweden at the 1928 Summer Olympics and won a bronze medal in the800 metres event.[37] Gentzel then also won the 800 metres event at the 1929, 1930, and 1931 Swedish Athletics Championships.[38]
At the1928 Summer Olympics, Djurgården boxerNils Ramm representedSweden and won a silver medal in themen's heavyweight event.[39] In the 1931 season,the bandy team competed in the first national bandy league, theDivision 1.[40] At the1932 Summer Olympics, Djurgården wrestlerEinar Karlsson representedSweden and won a bronze medal in themen's freestyle featherweight event.[41] In 1933,Östen Eriksson became the club's first national champion inbowling when he won the men's individual event.[7]
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In ice hockey, Djurgården quit its effort discontinued the department after the1933–34 Elitserien season due to high costs.[42] In 1935, Djurgårdens IF had to leaveTranebergs IP that was going to be used for housing projects.[3] Starting in 1936, the club instead had theStockholm Olympic Stadium as its home for football.[3]
Starting in 1936,Olle Tandberg won five consecutive national boxing titles in the men's heavyweight.[7] At the1936 Summer Olympics, Djurgården wrestlerEinar Karlsson again representedSweden and won a bronze medal, this time in themen's Greco-Roman featherweight event.[41] In 1937, the club won their first Swedish championship titles inalpine skiing –Harald Hedjerson won the men's slalom event andInga Söderbaum the women's slalom event.[7]
In 1938,the men's handball team played in thenational championship final but lost.[43] Thereafter, the team played the1939–40 season and1939–40 season inAllsvenskan before relegation.[43] After a four-year hiatus, in 1938, Djurgården startedthe ice hockey team again and began in Klass V.[44]
Up until 1939, Djurgårdens IF had won 167 Swedish championship titles.[3]
In 1941,Barbro Olsson,Maud Cederholm andDis Cederholm won the women's 10 km team event at theSwedish Cross-Country Skiing Championships, which they repeated in 1942 and again in 1943.[7] In 1942, after 14 years, Bertil Nordenskjöld stepped down as chairman for the club.[34] During the 1940s, the women's bandy team played in a series inVasaparken in Stockholm together withKSK Artemis,Föreningen GCI, andIK Göta.[45]
In 1948, the club took its first Swedish championship titles in table tennis.[7] At the championship held inMalmö,Tage Flisberg won the men's singles, Flisberg andArne Neidenmark won the men's doubles, Flisberg, Neidenmark andBengt Grive won the men's team event and Flisberg, together with ofIngrid Hägglund ofÖrnsköldsviks BTK, won the mixed doubles.[46]
The 1950s and 1960s would see nineSwedish ice hockey championship titles and fourSwedish football championship titles for Djurgårdens IF.
In 1950,the men's ice hockey team won its secondnational title.[47] Between 1952 and 1964,Edvin Vesterby won ten national wrestling titles in thefreestyle 57 kg event, missing only 1953, 1958, and 1962.[48] On four occasions during the period he also won the corresponding titles in theGreco-Roman bantamweight event.[49] At the1952 Winter Olympics, five Djurgården ice hockey players –Hans Andersson-Tvilling,[50]Stig Andersson-Tvilling,[51]Lasse Björn,[52]Gösta Johansson,[53] andSven Johansson[54] – was part ofSweden's bronze medal winning team in themen's tournament. At the1952 Summer Olympics, Djurgården footballerGösta Sandberg was part ofSweden's bronze medal winning team in thetournament.[55]
In 1954,the men's ice hockey team again won thenational title, its third.[47] This was repeated in 1955.[47] In 1955,the men's football team won its fifthnational title by winning the1954–55 Allsvenskan.[22] Starting in 1955, the Djurgården women's table tennis team won six consecutive national championship titles –Elisabeth Thorsson took part in all six,Signhild Tegner in five,Ing-Britt Molin in four, andSiv Petersson in three.[46] At the1956 Summer Olympics, Djurgården wrestlerEdvin Vesterby representedSweden and won a silver medal in themen's Greco-Roman bantamweight event.[56]
In 1955,the men's football team made its debut inEuropean competition and playedGwardia Warsaw of Poland in its first match.[57] The home leg at theStockholm Olympic Stadium ended 0–0.[58] In the return leg, Djurgården won 4–1, after three goals fromJohn Eriksson and one fromGösta Sandberg, and progressed to the next leg.[59]
In 1958,the men's ice hockey team won its fifthnational title and started a period of six consecutive titles until 1963.[47] In 1959,the men's football team won its sixthnational title by winning the1959 Allsvenskan.[22] Djurgården playersHans Mild,Sven Johansson, andGösta Sandberg were playing in both teams and winning both the 1959 ice hockey and football national titles.[60]
Starting in 1959,Kathinka Frisk won thealpine skiing Swedish championship titles in women'sdownhill event four consecutive times.[7] In 1960, the club won their first Swedish championship titles in tennis throughJan-Erik Lundqvist, who, together withUlf Schmidt ofAIK, won both the indoors men's doubles and the same event outdoors.[61][7] In 1961,the men's bandy team again qualified for the top-tier and the1962 Division 1.[62] In 1962, Djurgården won its first nation championship title in fencing throughElin Eckerbom,Gunilla Tollbom, andChristina Wahlberg who won the women'sfoil event.[63][7] The year after,Orvar Lindwall became the first individual fencing Swedish champion of Djurgården, when he won the men'sépée event.[64][7]
At the1964 Winter Olympics, four Djurgården ice hockey players –Sven Johansson,[54]Hans Mild,[65]Carl-Göran Öberg,[66]Roland Stoltz[67] – was part ofSweden's silver medal winning team in themen's tournament. In 1964,the men's football team won its seventhnational title by winning the1964 Allsvenskan.[22] In 1966,the men's football team won its eighthnational title by winning the1966 Allsvenskan.[22]
From 1965 to 1969,Britt Elfving won five consecutiveSwedish Figure Skating Championships in the women's singles event, with the first one marking the first Swedish championship title for the club in figure skating.[7] In 1965, the club also won its first Swedish championship title inbobsleigh, whenCarl-Erik Eriksson andEric Wennerberg won the men's two-man sled event, which they also repeated in 1966.[7]
In 1969,the women's football team entered league play, participating inStockholms Fotbollförbund's first women's league, theFörsöksserien, which they won.[68]
Starting in 1972, the Djurgården men's fencing team won four consecutive titles in the men's epée event, withLeif Högström andHans Jacobson contributing to all four;Göran Andersson andCarl von Essen to three,Jaan Veanes to two andGöran Flodström,Björn Jacobson,Takashi Masuyama andStefan Pahlefors to one.[69]
In 1974,Sören Johansson became thefirst Djurgården player to be selected in the NHL entry draft, in the 11th round byKansas City Scouts.[70] At the1976 Summer Olympics, Djurgården fencer quartetCarl von Essen,[71]Göran Flodström,[72]Leif Högström,[73] andHans Jacobson[74] together withLUGI fencerRolf Edling[75] made the team that won a gold medal in themen's team épée event.
At the1980 Winter Olympics, four Djurgården ice hockey players –Bo Berglund,[76]Håkan Eriksson,[77]Thomas Eriksson,[78] andMats Waltin[79] – was part ofSweden's bronze medal winning team in themen's tournament. In 1983,the men's ice hockey team won its eleventhnational title.[47] At the1984 Winter Olympics, seven Djurgården ice hockey players –Håkan Eriksson,[77]Tommy Mörth,[80]Jens Öhling,[81]Rolf Ridderwall,[82]Håkan Södergren,[83]Michael Thelvén,[84] andMats Waltin[79] – was part ofSweden's bronze medal winning team in themen's tournament.
Starting in 1987, the men's épée fencing team won three consecutive national championship titles, this time withOtto Drakenberg,Ulf Sandegren, andPéter Vánky contributing to three of them, whileArne Johansson took part in two andHenrik Pontén in one.[69]
At the1988 Winter Olympics, four Djurgården ice hockey players –Thomas Eriksson,[78]Mikael Johansson,[85]Jens Öhling,[81] andHåkan Södergren[83] – was part ofSweden's bronze medal winning team in themen's tournament.
At the1988 Summer Olympics, Djurgården boxerLars Myrberg representedSweden and won a bronze medal in themen's light welterweight event.[86]
In 1989,the men's ice hockey team moved toGloben.[87] In 1989,the men's ice hockey team won thenational title by beatingLeksands IF with 3–1 in matches.[88] It was their twelfth national title.[47] This was repeated in 1990 and 1991.[47]The men's handball team withdrew in the 1989–90 season.[89] In the1989–90 IIHF European Cup,the men's ice hockey team finished second in afterDynamo Moscow – the tournament after, the1990 IIHF European Cup, they faced Dynamo Moscow in the finals and won, an achievement they also repeated in1991 edition.[90]
At the turn of the decade into the 1990s, Djurgården saw financial troubles with the risk of bankruptcy.[91] As a solution to the economic difficulties, a split of the departments into separate entities was proposed in 1990, with the football department taking 3 million SEK of the deficit and the ice hockey department taking 6 million SEK.[92] In 1991, Djurgården was reorganised to analliance club [sv].[93] The one club then became 16 clubs.[26] The same year, Djurgården celebrated their 100 years of existence with a dinner at theStockholm City Hall.[94] By the centennial jubilee,Gösta Sandberg was chosen Djurgården person of the century by the club's members.[95] In 1991–92 season, the men's floorball team began play in Division 5.[26]
At the1994 Winter Olympics, Djurgården ice hockey playersCharles Berglund andChristian Due-Boje was part ofSweden's gold medal winning team in themen's tournament.[96] In 1996, Djurgården becameSwedish champions in pétanque for the first time through a team of Charlotta Brohult, Bengt Håkansson] and Kenneth Öttenius who competed in the open event.[7] In the autumn of 1997,the ice hockey club tried to corporise and register on theStockholm Stock Exchange, however theSwedish Sports Confederation denied their request.[97] In 1999,the women's football team became Swedish champions in indoor five-a-side with a team consisting of Carolina Crevatin,Elin Flyborg, Tina Karlsson,Tina Kindvall, Aleksandra Maksimovic,Salina Olsson, Karin Sandbrink, Kickan Sigridsson, Jacinta Sjöblom, Malin Söderlind,Jessika Sundh, andSara Thunebro.[7]
In 1999,the bandy team was discontinued but restarted again after a one-year hiatus in 2000.[98]
In 2000,the men's ice hockey team won thenational title, its 15th.[47] This was repeated in 2001.[47]
In 2002, for the first time in 36 years,the men's football team won the2002 Allsvenskan and its ninthSwedish champion title.[99] The title was secured in a 2–0 win againstIF Elfsborg with goals fromJohan Elmander andAndreas Johansson.[99] The following year, the team repeated its achievement and won the2003 Allsvenskan and its tenthnational title.[22]
For the2002–03 Elitserien season, the then lower-tiermen's handball club joined forces withBK Söder in the league competing as Djurgården.[43]
For the 2003 season,the women's football club merged withÄlvsjö AIK to createDjurgården/Älvsjö.[100] The new team wonDamallsvenskan on its first try and repeated the achievement the following season.[101] In 2005,Djurgården/Älvsjö reached theUEFA Women's Cup final which they lost to1. FFC Turbine Potsdam with 1–5 in a two-legged final.[102] In 2005,the men's football team won its eleventhnational title by winning the2005 Allsvenskan.[22]
It had become possible for Swedish clubs to createaktiebolag inside sports clubs that were members to theSwedish Sports Confederation in 1999.[103] In 2006,the men's football club was corporised toDjurgården Elitfotboll AB,[104] andthe ice hockey club and its two junior teams followed in 2008, with shares sold toAnschutz Entertainment Group.[105]
Starting in 2006,Bashir Hassan won five consecutive national boxing titles in the men's featherweight.[7] In 2007,the men's ice hockey team moved back toHovet.[87]
For the 2010–11 season of Swedishfloorball, the women's team ofBalrog Botkyrka IK merged into the Djurgårdens IF floorball club.[106] In April 2011, during the following season, the team won the Djurgårdens IF's first Swedish championship title in floorball.[7][107] In March 2012,the men's ice hockey team was relegated from the top-tier from their result in the2012 Kvalserien.[108] In 2013,the men's handball first team withdrew.[109]
In late 2013, Djurgårdens IF men's and women's football clubs merged to one club.[110] In March 2014, the men's floorball team joined forces with second-tier teamCapeirotäby FC for the coming 2014–15 season.[111] In April 2014, it was reported the women's floorball team had financial difficulties and risked becoming bankrupt.[112] In 2014, Djurgården took overSegeltorps IF license in the women's ice hockey second tier, creating awomen's ice hockey team of Djurgården.[113] For the 2014–15 season,the men's bandy team merged withSpånga/Bromstens BK.[114] In 2016, the martial arts club won its first two Swedish championship titles –Mehmet Kaya in men'skickboxing andSandra Godvik in women'sMuay Thai.[7] At the2016 Summer Olympics, Djurgården footballerEmilia Appelqvist was part ofSweden's silver medal winning team in thewomen's tournament.[115] In March 2017, it was reported the men's floorball team was close to bankruptcy.[116] In March 2017,the women's ice hockey team won its first national title, beatingHV71 in the final.[117]
In 2019,the men's football team won its twelfth national title by winning the2019 Allsvenskan.[118] In the2019–20 Basketligan season,the men's basketball team was participating for the first time in the series.[119] In 2020,the football club andthe ice hockey club engaged to cooperate with schools in theStockholm area to improvephysical activity.[120] The 2020s saw the introductioncricket in 2020,[121]padel in 2020,[122] andchess in 2023[123] in the Djurgården organisation. In 2021, the men's floorball team entered the national top flightSwedish Super League, however the team was relegated after only one season.[124] In 2022, the cricket club became Swedish champions in cricket for the first time, this time in the women's event.[7] In 2022, a women'sbeach soccer Swedish championship title was added to the list, the first of the sport in Djurgården.[7] At the end of the2021–22 SHL season,the men's ice hockey team was relegated after eight years inSwedish Hockey League by losing toTimrå IK in the relegation play-offs.[125]
On 1 January 2023, the two football first teams became the same entity financially whenthe women's team was moved toDjurgårdens Elitfotboll AB.[126] In 2023, the ice hockey club loaned 10 million SEK from the football club to cover deficits.[127]
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The first emblem of the club was a four-pointed silver star in saltire, which had a shield on it with the letters DIF.[128] This star pre-dates the similar star whichIdrottsföreningen Kamraterna adopted and is using to this day. The present emblem, in the form of a shield in yellow, red and blue with the text D.I.F. was adopted in 1896.[128] According to an often-quoted poem by Johan af Klercker from 1908,blue and yellow stand for Sweden and red stands for love.[129][128] Blue and yellow are alsothe colours of Stockholm.
Yellow, red and blue are the club colours. The logo is registered as a trademark and the colours are set toPantone,CMYK andweb colour values.[130][131] In many sports – among them football, bandy and handball – the home jersey of the team is vertically striped in light and dark blue. Because of this, blue is usually seen as the most important of the three colours.[132] Shorts have been either dark or white.[3] The ice hockey team uses jerseys in one blue shade with yellow and red details.[133]
In other sports, Djurgården also have used black tricots with blue lampasses (athletics andboxing) and blue tricots with a club badge (wrestling).[3]
InSport & affärer andDemoskop's research about the strongest brand among Swedish clubs 2025, Djurgårdens IF was positioned second afterAIK and ahead ofMalmö FF.[134]
Djurgårdens IF has several member sections, all of which legally are their own associations with their own financial and sporting responsibilities but share the common name, logo and values and support each other.[135]
As of 2025[update], the club has won 478 Swedish championships in 25 different sports.[7]
TheStockholm Olympic Stadium has been the home for many sports of Djurgårdens IF. It was the home forthe men's football team until 2013.[166] It had then been their home since 1936.[3] Despite this, during those 77 years,the men's football team played some, sometimes all, matches of the season atRåsunda Stadium.[167] The Olympic Stadium is the home forthe women's football team.[166] The athletics clubs also uses the stadium.[139]The men's ice hockey team used the Olympic Stadium from 1922 until it moved toHovet in 1962.[168] It was also the home for figure skating 1957–1964.[168] It was used bythe men's bandy team until 1970.[169] The mixed martial arts club has its premises in Klocktornet of the stadium.[159] Djurgårdens IF has a trophy room in Sofiatornet of theStockholm Olympic Stadium.[170]The boxing department used Sofiatornet at the Olympic Stadium from 1917 to 1922.[171]
Östermalms IP is used for bandy since 2017.[172][169] Östermalms IP has been used bythe women's football team.[173]The boxing department used Östermalms IP from 1932 to 1934.[171]
Hjorthagens IP has been the home forthe women's football team.[174][175] It is the home of the para football club.[155] Close-by,Hjorthagshallen was built in 2019.[176] It is the home forthe floorball club,the handball club,the fencing club and the futsal team.[150] Djurgårdens fäktsal, also inHjorthagen, is used bythe fencing club.[149]
Östermalmshallen was used for bowling during the 1930s and 1940s.[177] Gärdeshallen was used for handball during the 1960s.[168] Kampementshallen was used for squash 1975–1988.[178]Svea artilleriregemente was used by the wrestling department 1911–1923.[178]
Kungliga tennishallen was used forthe men's basketball team's first home match in the2019–20 Basketligan season, which was their first match in the top-tier.[179] It had also been used bythe men's handball team for one match in 2010.[180]
Tennisstadion was used for tennis during the 1960s and for curling during the 1950s and 1960s.[181] Stockholms badmintonhall was used for table tennis during the 1950s and 1960s.[178]Fiskartorpsbacken was used for ski jumping.[181]
Östermalms läroverk was used bythe boxing department from 1922 to 1924.[171]Nationalpalatset was used bythe boxing department from 1929 to 1932 and from 1934 to 1935.[171]Centralbadet was used bythe boxing department from 1976 to 1986.[171]Exercishuset was used for handball during the 1930s.[177]
The wrestling department had their premises at the streetDöbelnsgatan from 1923 until the 1960s.[165][168]The boxing department also resided on the same Döbelnsgatan address 1924–1929.[182][171] From 1935 to 1936,The boxing department resided on the streetBirger Jarlsgatan,[171] and from 1936 to 1944, it resided bySankt Eriksplan.[171] Since 2014,the boxing club is residing at the street Tomtebogatan.[171]
Kaknäs IP is the training ground forthe men's football team.[183]
Kristinebergs IP has been used bythe women's football team.[173] It is the training ground forthe women's football team.[184] Kristinebergs IP was used bythe men's ice hockey team for some matches during the 1940s.[185]
Polishusets gymnastiksal was used bythe boxing club from 1927 to 1928.[171] The boxing department resided at the street Pontonjärsgatan from 1944 to 1975, then later at the street Kronobergsgatan from 1986 to 1992, and at the street Norra Agnegatan from 1992 to 2014.[171]
Eriksdalshallen has been used for boxing galas bythe boxing club.[186][187] It has been the home forthe men's handball team.[188] It was used for men's handball from the 1940s and for women's handball during the 1940s and 1950s.[187]Zinkensdamms IP has been used bythe bandy team.[169]
Hammarbytoppen was used for ski jumping during the 1940s and 1950s, and for alpine skiing from 1964 to 1971 and from 1978 to 1984.[189]Hammarbybacken at Hammarbytoppen is again the home foralpine skiing.[136]
Hovet was used bythe men's ice hockey team from 1955 until it quit forGloben in 1989.[190] In 1963, it became covered.[191] It has been the home forthe men's ice hockey team again since 2007.[87]
Avicii Arena was the home arena forthe men's ice hockey team between 1989 and 2007.[87]3Arena is used bythe men's football team since 2013.[192][193]Söderstadion was used forthe men's bandy team from 1970 to 1982.[187]
Enskedehallen was used for table tennis andthe women's handball team from the 1960s.[187] It was also used for wrestling and boxing competitions.[187]Gubbängens bandyhall is used for bandy when weather don't permit outdoor play.[141]
Brännkyrkahallen has been used bythe basketball club.[194] Liljeholmshallen is used by the pétanque club.[160] Vårby bowlinghall has been used for bowling.[195]
Skarpnäcks cricketplan onSkarpnäcks sportfält is the home of the cricket club.[145]Nybohovsbacken was the home for alpine skiing during the 1970s.[187]Högdalstoppen was used for alpine skiing from 1989.[195]
Tranebergs IP was the home ofthe men's football team from 1911 to 1935.[3]Stora mossens IP has been used bythe women's ice hockey team.[196] It has also been also used for figure skating.[195]
Vällingbyhallen is the home of the wrestling club since 1988.[165] Åkeshovshallen was the home of the wrestling club from the 1960s to 1988.[165]Spånga IP has been used bythe bandy team.[169] It was also used 1978 to 1982 bythe bandy team.[189]
Råsunda Stadium was used forthe men's football team in 2004.[197] Also during the 1950s, 1960s, the 1989 and 1990 seasons,the men's football team played most or all their matches at Råsunda Stadium.[167] In 1989 and 1990 it was due to renovation of theOlympic Stadium.[182] Other high-risk matches have been played there.[198]
From the 1890s to 1936, the club had a ski jumping hill atSaltsjöbadens vinterstadion inSaltsjöbaden.[3] In 1936, it became a skiing slope instead for the clubs's alpine skiers.[195]The men's ice hockey team played at the Saltsjöbadens vinterstadion from 1922 to 1934.[195]
Djurgården is one of the most supported clubs in Sweden, with most of its supporters living in Stockholm and the neighbouringsuburbs.[199] While other Stockholm clubs have profiled themselves as belonging to a certainborough of Stockholm, Djurgården is seen as more of a pan-Stockholm club. No reliable research exists about the spread of Djurgården supporters, but a 2015T-shirt campaign suggests that supporters are spread fairly evenly throughout the Stockholm area.[200]
In 1981, the main supporter club "Blue Saints" was formed, but due to its notorious supporters and their bad reputation, the supporter club changed its name toJärnkaminerna (lit. 'the Iron Furnaces'; an old nickname for Djurgården athletes from the 1950s). Sofia Tifo is Djurgården's tifo group.[201] A 2024 all-Allsvenskan communiqué fromultras against throwing of pyrotechnics mentioned two groups connected to Djurgårdens IF:Ultra Caos Stockholm [sv] andLånga gatan Stockholm.[202]
Djurgården is probably one of a few clubs in the world who is represented both in space (byChrister Fuglesang)[203] and in the Himalayas (by Raul Helander).[204]
Through the years, many types of souvenirs and memorabilia has been made for the club.Stuffed toys in the form of a rabbit called Järnkaninen (lit. 'Iron Rabbit') are sold, the name a pun on the word Järnkamin.
A couple of beers have been created over the years. At present, Alberget 4A is sold for Djurgårdens IF. It is named for the address of the café where the club was founded. The beer was launched in 2013 and is sold throughDjurgårdshjälpen, a supporter initiative to raise money for the sports club. Originally, the beer was calledAlltid oavsett[205] ("always, no matter what"), which is a slogan often used by supporters of Djurgårdens IF. The beer is apale lager of 5.0%abv made byGrebbestad Bryggeri on behalf of Djurgårdshjälpen and is not part of Grebbestad Bryggeri's own range of beers.[206]
Starting in 2021, Djurgårdens IF are inducting sportspeople and personnel into a hall of fame.[215] 52 people have been included:[216]
The following non-profit organisations are independent but has a close official cooperation with Djurgårdens IF:[135]
