the official supporter's club of gif sundsvall is called patronerna. formed in 1999, mostly as a joke by some friends supporting their friend, the club has in a short period of time amassed a strong reputation. the name is mainly a historical reference to the sawmill owners who were very powerful in sundsvall during the post-industrial-revolution era. in 2005, fp-tifo, the group who designs the club's terrace choreography, won the swedish tifo awards arranged by canal+.