in 1959, both the football team and djurgårdens if's hockey team won their respective swedish championships of sweden's two most popular sports, a remarkable happening. the 1959 title was secured on råsunda stadium, in front of 48,894 people, marking a record attendance for djurgården, with a team of sven tumba, birger eklund, lars broström, john eriksson, hans karlsson, gösta sandberg, olle hellström, stig gustafsson, arne arvidsson, hans mild and sigge parling.