It has sections for ice hockey, team handball, association football and figure skating.

It was founded in 1935 as Storhamar AIL, a workers' sports club which was a member of Arbeidernes Idrettsforbund.

[1] The district Storhamar was located in the municipality Vang until an expansion of Hamar's city limits in 1946.

Fellow workers' sports club Hamar AIL did merge, to form part of Hamarkameratene.

Former players include Heidi Tjugum, Anja Hammerseng-Edin and Maja Jakobsen.