[2] IS Halmia was founded on 16 June 16, 1907 and currently plays in Division 3 Sydästra Götaland.

The club originally ran soccer, track and field athletics, gymnastics and amateur wrestling.

The first ever bandy game between two organised teams in Halland, is thought to have been played between Halmia and local rival Halmstads BK in 1922.

[6] In 1932 the club also became the first team from Halmstad to reach the Allsvenskan, the top-tier football league in Sweden.

The club shares Örjans vall with, its rival of many years, Halmstads BK.