the club's first stadium was stockholms idrottspark where the club played from 1899 when the football department was founded until 1906 when the club moved to the newly built östermalm athletic grounds. djurgården did not stay long at östermalm, in august 1910 the club signed a 25-year contract with the stockholm city council to dispose of an area in traneberg, a district west of the inner city, to build a stadium. tranebergs idrottsplats was finished in october 1911 and inaugurated by crown prince gustaf adolf. the contract expired in 1935, and the city council intended to build a residential area where the stadium was situated. djurgården therefore moved to the stockholm olympic stadium in 1936, where the club had played previously on several occasions since it was finished in 1912.