Ikano Bank estate in many countries. In 1995, Ingvar Kamprad (the founder of IKEA) started "Ikanobanken", with just one branch office in Älmhult, Sweden. In January 2009, Ikanobanken became Ikano Bank, merging with other entities within the IKANO Group. Ikano Bank Ikano Bank is a consumer finance bank established in 1995 by Ingvar Kamprad (the founder of IKEA). Ikano Bank has its head office in Malmö, with branch offices in Sundbyberg, Älmhult, Asker, Glostrup, Nottingham, and Helsinki. Ikano Bank also conducts business in Germany, Poland, Austria, Finland, and Russia via separate companies. Ikano Bank offers loans, savings accounts and partner business supplying
Ingvar Kamprad Ingvar's head whatsoever." Kamprad and his first wife Kerstin Wadling adopted a daughter, Annika. In the 1960s, Kamprad married his second wife, Margaretha Kamprad-Stennert (1940–2011), whom he met when she was twenty years old. They had three sons: Peter, Jonas and Mathias. He lived in Épalinges, Switzerland, from 1976 to 2014. Kamprad moved back to Småland in Sweden in March 2014 after 40 years abroad. While working with furniture manufacturers in Poland earlier in his career, Kamprad became an alcoholic. In 2004 he said that his drinking was under control, and according to "The New York Times", Kamprad "controlled it