In a study conducted in 2011 by the New Zealand fitness company Les Mills International, IKSU had the second highest number of weekly visitors among 13,000 fitness centres in the world.

[1] The organisation was formed on 5 May 1959 as Umeå Studenters Idrottsförening (USIF).

[3] Its first indoor arena was opened in 1983 at the Umeå University campus, where IKSU sport lies today.

[2][3] Brännbollscupen is an annual competition in Brännboll, organized by IKSU.

[5] The facility is currently over 15,000 square metres (160,000 sq ft).