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Feodor Ingvar Kamprad (Swedish: [ˈɪ̌ŋːvar ˈkǎmːprad] ⓘ; 30 March 1926 – 27 January 2018) was a Swedish billionaire business magnate best known for founding IKEA, a multinational retail company specialising in furniture. He lived in Switzerland from 1976 to 2014.
A safe world surrounded by forest and meagre soil. The ideal place to play businessman. Ingvar Kamprad was born in 1926 in Älmhult, and grew up with his younger sister Kerstin, mother Berta and father Feodor. Ingvar spent his early years with his family at his mother Berta’s farm home, Majtorp.
IKEA was first registered as a trading company on the 28th of July, 1943 when Ingvar was just 17 years old. In his early years as an entrepreneur, Ingvar imported things like pens, watches and nylon stockings; adding furniture to the range in 1948. Dive into IKEA's full history at IKEA Museum.
Aug 30, 2024 · Ingvar Kamprad, Swedish entrepreneur who in 1943 founded IKEA, a home furnishings retailer that specialized in low-priced goods, sold when possible in compact ‘flat-pack’ form for in-home assembly by the customer.
Discover how IKEA and Ingvar Kamprad, then known as the upstart from Småland, came to build their first furniture store in Älmhult 1958 in a modernist style.
Ingvar Kamprad founded IKEA in 1943 at the age of 17, selling goods like pens and wallets. Småland, his home county in Sweden, was heavily forested with stony soil. Hardship bred a tough, resourceful people who were expert at making the most of a little, qualities that have always been at the heart of IKEA.
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That’s how Ingvar Kamprad, the rebel-hearted, clever-minded boy, got started in business. With humble roots, useful (and affordable!) matches, and the desire to help his family, he would eventually change millions of lives worldwide with home furnishing.
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