the first ikea opened in the uk in 1979.
the first ikea opened in the uk in 1979.
when did the first ikea open in the uk?
1979
amid a high level of success, the company's west german executives accidentally opened a store in konstanz in 1973 instead of koblenz. later that decade, stores opened in other parts of the world, such as japan (1974), australia, canada, hong kong (1975), and singapore (1978). ikea further expanded in the 1980s, opening stores in countries such as france and spain (1981), belgium (1984), the united states (1985), the united kingdom (1987), and italy (1989). the company later expanded into more countries in the 1990s and 2000s. germany, with 53 stores, is ikea's biggest market, followed by the united states, with 50 stores. the first ikea store in latin america opened on 17 february 2010 in santo domingo, dominican republic. , there are 424 ikea stores operating in 52 different countries.
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älmhult () is a locality and the seat of älmhult municipality in kronoberg county, sweden with 8,955 inhabitants in 2010.









































it was in älmhult that the first ikea (the swedish furniture company) store was built. ikea continues to have a large corporate presence there. a museum of ikea's history, the ikea museum, opened in the town on 30 june 2016. it was constructed to present the history of ikea.









































the botanist carl linnaeus was born in råshult, stenbrohult, now part of älmhult municipality.
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