although djurgården's supporters have been organizing themselves since the late 1940s, with the founding of dif supporters club back in 1947, the 1970s saw singing supporter sections emerging which led to a new supporter club to be founded in 1981, named blue saints. the supporter club later changed its name in 1997 to järnkaminerna (lit. "the iron furnaces") since the old name was perceived to be associated with violence. järnkaminerna is djurgården's official supporters' group with a membership of a few thousand.