Djurgårdens IF Bandy is the

bandy Bandy is a winter sport and ball sport played by two teams wearing ice skates on a large ice surface (either indoors or outdoors) while using sticks to direct a ball into the opposing team's goal. The international governing body for bandy is ...

section of Swedish

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Djurgårdens IF Djurgårdens Idrottsförening, commonly known simply as Djurgårdens IF, Djurgården (), and (especially locally) Djurgår'n (), Dif or DIF – is a Swedish sports association with several sections, located in Stockholm. Name The club is nam ...

, located in Stockholm.

History

Djurgårdens IF was one of the teams playing at the Nordic Games in 1905, where the team lost the final to Uppsala HK. The club has been in the Swedish championship finals seven times before 1930, and won two of them, in 1908 and 1912. The 1908 team, who defeated Östergötlands BF with 3–1 at Idrottsparken in

Norrköping Norrköping (; ) is a city in the province of Östergötland in eastern Sweden and the seat of Norrköping Municipality, Östergötland County, about 160 km southwest of the national capital Stockholm, 40 km east of county seat Link� ...

, consisted of Bror Modén,

Gunnar Friberg Gunnar Friberg was a Swedish bandy Bandy is a winter sport and ball sport played by two teams wearing ice skates on a large ice surface (either indoors or outdoors) while using sticks to direct a ball into the opposing team's goal. The inter ...

Karl Öhman Karl Öhman is a retired Swedish bandy player and footballer. As a bandy player, Öhman was part of the Djurgårdens IF Bandy, Djurgården Swedish bandy champions, Swedish champions' team of 1908 and 1912. As a footballer, Öhman made 29 Svenska ...

Algot Nilsson Johan Algot Nilsson (born 5 November 1876 – 13 December 1966) was a Swedish bandy player and footballer, who represented Djurgårdens IF Bandy and Djurgårdens IF Fotboll around 1900. Nilsson was part of the Djurgården Swedish champions' te ...

Götrik Frykman Götrik Wilhelm Adolf "Putte" Frykman (1 December 1891 – 7 April 1944) was a Swedish bandy player and football player who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics. Frykman was part of the Djurgården side that won the Swedish football championsh ...

, Birger Walla, Arvid Spångberg, Ivar Friberg, Erik Lavass, Erik Andéhn, and Gottfrid Johansson. The 1912 champions title was shared with IFK Uppsala after a first draw on lake Råstasjön in

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, since no rematch could be played. The 1912 team, consisted of Knut Gustafsson, Ragnar Wicksell,

, Erik Lavass,

Folke Wahlgren Folke Wahlgren was a Swedish bandy player. Wahlgren was part of the Djurgården Swedish champions' team of 1912. References Swedish bandy players Djurgårdens IF Bandy players Year of birth missing Year of death missing {{Sweden-b ...

Jean Söderberg Jean Söderberg (1890–1924) was a Swedish bandy player and footballer. Söderberg was part of the Djurgården Swedish champions' team of 1912. As footballer, Söderberg was part of the Djurgården Swedish champions' team of 1912. Jean Sö ...

Sten Söderberg Sten Söderberg (13 March 1893 – 1969) was a Swedish footballer and bandy player. He made nine appearances and scored three goals for Sweden national team. As a footballer, he played as an inside forward. In 1921, Söderberg moved to the Uni ...

Karl-Gunnar Karlsson-Arnö Karl-Gunnar Karlsson-Arnö (26 November 1892 – 30 March 1958) was a Swedish bandy player. Karlsson-Arnö was part of the Djurgården Swedish champions' team of 1912. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Karlsson-Arno, Karl-Gunnar Swedish bandy players ...

, Gottfrid Johansson, and Ivar Friberg. In the first year of bandy league system in Sweden, 1930–31, Djurgården entered in Division 1 Södra together with IF Göta, IFK Strängnäs, IFK Uppsala,

IK Göta IK Göta is a Swedish sports club, which was very successful in several sports such as track and field, handball, bowling, field hockey, ice hockey, soccer (women only) and bandy during the 20th century. Their most famous and successful sport was ...

, Linköpings AIK, Nässjö IF, and

Örebro SK Örebro Sportklubb, more commonly known as Örebro SK, Örebro or (especially locally) ÖSK, is a Swedish professional football club based in Örebro. The club are affiliated to Örebro Läns Fotbollförbund and play their home games at Behrn ...

and finished 5th. After the 2006–07 season, Djurgården advanced to

Allsvenskan Allsvenskan (; en, the All-Swedish, also known as Fotbollsallsvenskan, en, the Football All-Swedish) is a Swedish professional league for men's association football clubs. It was founded in 1924 and is the top tier of the Swedish football le ...

, the second highest league in Swedish bandy, but has since been relegated to Division 1 again. At the end of the 2013–14 season, Djurgården narrowly missed the qualification to Allsvenskan, thus playing in Division 1 in the 2014–15 season. In 2014, Djurgården was close to bankruptcy but merged with Spånga/Bromstens BK. In the 2015–16 season, Djurgården played in

again. Djurgården played their home games at Spånga IP for a couple of years, but for the 2017–18 season they moved to

Östermalms IP Östermalms IP is a sports venue, sports ground located in the Östermalm district of Stockholm, Sweden. Completed in 1906, the facility played host to several sports during the 1912 Summer Olympics. These sports included Equestrian at the 1912 Su ...

, closer to the club's traditional home areas.

Honours

Domestic

* Swedish Champions: ** Winners (2): 1908, 1912 ** Runners-up (5): 1909, 1911, 1914, 1916, 1930

References

External links

Official club website
Bandy clubs in Sweden

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