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Ingvar Kamprad

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Ingvar Kamprad

1926–2018

Swedish businessman (1926–2018)

Interwar & WWII

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Key Dates

Birth

1926 March 30, 1926 →

Biography

Feodor Ingvar Kamprad was a Swedish billionaire businessman who founded IKEA in 1943 and grew it into a multinational retail company that became the world's largest furniture seller in 2008. He moved to Switzerland with his Swiss wife in 1976, moving back to Småland in 2014 after her death in 2011.

Source: Wikipedia · Compiled March 2026 · AI-summarized

Timeline

1926
Birth

Swedish businessman, founded IKEA

March 30 →
2018
Death

Ingvar Kamprad, Founder of IKEA (born 1926)

January 27 →

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