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Ingvar Kamprad

Ingvar Kamprad, Swedish businessman, founded IKEA (died 2018)

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Born
March 30, 1926
Died
January 27, 2018
Zodiac sign
Aries
Birth year
1926

About Ingvar Kamprad

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. In 1943, when he was 17 Kamprad founded IKEA at his uncle Ernst's kitchen table. In June 2013, Kamprad resigned from the board of Inter IKEA Holding SA and his youngest son Mathias Kamprad replaced Per Ludvigsson as the chairman of the holding company. Kamprad and his first wife Kerstin Wadling adopted a daughter, Annika in 1958. Feodor Ingvar Kamprad (Swedish:; 30 March 1926 – 27 January 2018) 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.

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Ingvar Kamprad timeline

  1. Feodor Ingvar Kamprad (Swedish:; 30 March 1926 – 27 January 2018) 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.
  2. In 1943, when he was 17 Kamprad founded IKEA at his uncle Ernst's kitchen table.
  3. Kamprad and his first wife Kerstin Wadling adopted a daughter, Annika in 1958.
  4. In June 2013, Kamprad resigned from the board of Inter IKEA Holding SA and his youngest son Mathias Kamprad replaced Per Ludvigsson as the chairman of the holding company.

The world when Ingvar Kamprad was born

Ingvar Kamprad was born in 1926. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1926

  • #1 song"Bye Bye Blackbird"
  • Top movieThe General (Buster Keaton)
  • Best-selling bookThe Sun Also Rises – Ernest Hemingway

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentGertrude Ederle swims the English Channel
  • Top headlineA.A. Milne publishes Winnie-the-Pooh
  • Technology milestoneFirst demonstration of television
  • Defining fadFlagpole sitting
  • Notable inventionPop-up toaster
  • World population2.01 billion

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderCalvin Coolidge
  • Sports championSt. Louis Cardinals (World Series)
  • U.S. population117.4M

1926 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Ingvar Kamprad's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19262026
Gas$0.23$3.45/gal
Average home$6,000$435,000
Average income$3,620$67,500
Movie ticket$0.25$11.95
Postage stamp$0.02$0.73
Population117.4M341 million

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