It was founded in 1902, mainly by students of Norra Latin living in Marieberg, among them brothers Rolf and S.
[1] The club competed in several sports, bandy was dropped in 1926, football and ice hockey in 1927 and athletics in 1929.
[2] Among Mariebergs IK international footballers for Sweden were Gustaf Carlson, Sven Klang, Sven Ohlsson, Sixten Öberg, Knut Gustavsson, Gunnar Linder, and David Jonason.
[1] In bandy, they reached the national championship semifinal in 1919, which they lost to IK Göta.
[3][4] In athletics, it was the club for sprinter Rolf Smedmark and middle-distance runner John Zander.