It was founded on 24 March 1909[1] as Arbeidernes TIF ("Workers' Gymnastics and Sports Association"), and in 1916 it changed its name to Fagforeningernes TIF ("Trade Unions' Gymnastics and Sports Association").

[3] The club helped spur the creation of the Workers' Federation of Sports, because in the 1920s, the Norwegian Wrestling Federation banned fifteen members of the club for taking part in a "politicized" wrestling meet where "The Internationale" was played and red flags were flown.

[21] The King's Cup in boxing has been taken by Haakon Lind in 1928, Thorstein Myhre in 1933, Sigurd Larsen in 1934, Leif Hansen in 1953 and Roy Askevold in 1959.

Erling Aastad became Norwegian long jump champion in 1920 and won medals in 1918 and 1921.

[24][25][26] Fredrik Martinsen won a silver medal in triple jump (1918)[27] and Øivind Jensen a bronze in the pole vault (1912).