Ingvar Kamprad bulk very cheaply from Stockholm, sell them individually at a low price, and still make a good profit. From matches, he expanded to selling fish, Christmas tree decorations, seeds, and later ballpoint pens and pencils. When Kamprad was 17, his father gave him a cash reward for succeeding in his studies. Ingvar attended Göteborgs handelsinstitut, now part of Hvitfeldtska Gymnasiet, from 1943 to 1945. In 1943, when he was 17, Kamprad founded IKEA, selling replicas of his uncle Ernst's kitchen table. In 1948, Kamprad diversified his portfolio, adding furniture. His business was mostly mail order. The acronym IKEA is made
Ingvar Lars Helle Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration as a siviløkonom. He also took pedagogy courses, and worked as a school teacher and principal. From 1981 to 1982 he worked in the oil drilling company Loffland Brothers North Sea Inc. From 1982 to 1997 he worked in Statoil, except for the years 1988 to 1991 when he worked in Norpipe. In 1992 he took the cand.jur. degree at the University of Oslo. Born in Larvik, he was the brother of Knut Helle. Ingvar Lars Helle Ingvar Lars Helle (12 April 1933 – 14 May 2003) was a Norwegian politician for the