It was founded in 1999 to strengthen the city of Larvik in Norwegian football. A direct inspiration was
Sandefjord BK and
IL Runar from the neighboring city
Sandefjord, who merged their men's senior teams to form
Sandefjord Fotball in 1998, with success.
Larvik Turn & IF was the city's most successful team in the past, but declined to join the merger. Instead, the merger was initiated and spearheaded by
IF Fram, who was joined by
Halsen IF and
Tjølling IF, as well as
Nanset IF, IL Sporty and SK Stag. Their head coach was well-known
Dag Vidar Kristoffersen. The new team Larvik Fotball took over Fram's spot in the league pyramid, in the Fourth Division (fifth tier). The 2000 season ended with promotion for Larvik Fotball. In May 2001 the club debuted in the Norwegian football cup (and was eliminated by
Odd Grenland), At the same time, reports went out that the club economy was "halting". Larvik Turn still declined to join the merger. Larvik Fotball survived their first Second Division season, but Dag Vidar Kristoffersen resigned. The club hired
Ole Einar Martinsen as head coach,
Vidar Evensen as assistant coach and also signed Caleb Francis. The team survived the season again, but removed Martinsen and signed Swede
Kalle Björklund. The team also lost several players, but did sign former professional
Lars Bakkerud. After the 2004 season the club hired its fourth head coach, Kjell Vidar Larsen. They tried to persuade Larvik Turn to merge, but the reply was again negative. During pre-season, in December 2004, it became clear that there were no economic grounds for keeping Larvik Fotball alive. The club was facing liquidation. The preferred solution was to be incorporated into IF Fram—this was possible because while Fram had given up its senior team to form Larvik Fotball, Fram still existed as an active club. The new club could be built on a foundation wall of Fram if it accepted to take over Larvik Fotball's spot in the Second Division team. Fram's board of directors accepted this in January 2005, so did the Football Association of Norway. ==Aftermath==