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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.
Our roots. 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. Resourceful people who were expert at making the most of a little is a quality that has always been at the heart of IKEA.
History. [edit] See also: § Alternative store designs; and § Ventures beyond furniture, homeware and Swedish food. IKEA founder Ingvar Kamprad (right) shakes hands with Hans Ax, IKEA's first store manager, in 1965. Map of countries with IKEA stores Legend: Current market locations.
His dad inspired him by paying him cash for doing well in school and Kamprad used that money to start IKEA in 1943. He was 17 years old. The first IKEA sold small household goods like pens, wallets, and frames for pictures.
Today, IKEA reaches millions of hearts and homes all over the world, but every success story has to start somewhere. Did you know that IKEA once was as a tiny business in Älmhult, a small Swedish village in the countryside, selling through a mail-order catalog?
The trading company IKEA was registered on the 28th of July, 1943. But it was a far cry from the furniture company we know today. In his early years as an entrepreneur, Ingvar Kamprad imported pens, watches and nylon stockings, learning the ropes of purchasing step by step.
Meanwhile the interior had been adapted to the building’s new role – as the home of IKEA Museum. 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.
