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About IKEA
IKEA was founded 1943 by Ingvar Kamprad. In 1943, when Ingvar was 17, his father gave him a gift for succeeding in his studies. The gift was used to establish his own business. The name IKEA was formed from the founder's initials (I.K.) plus the first letters of Elmtaryd and Agunnaryd, the farm and village in Sweden where he grew up. IKEA originally sold pens, wallets, picture frames, table runners, watches, jewellery and nylon stockings - whatever Ingvar found a need for that he could fill with a product at a reduced price. Read the full story about IKEA here Today, there are 220 IKEA stores (2005) all around the world, giving work to over 90,000 people in 44 countries and producing sales for 14.8 billion euros in 2005.

IKEA-facts
The very first IKEA store opens in Älmhult, Sweden (1958).
The largest IKEA store is placed in Stockholm, Sweden (56 500 m²).
410 millions customers visited the stores (2005).
The catalog was printed in 160 millions copies (2005).
The website IKEA.com had 125 millions visits in 2005.

Links
IKEA Sweden
IKEA.com
IKEA Group corporate site

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