Ingvar Kamprad According to an article in the Swedish business weekly "Veckans Affärer" in 2004, Kamprad was one of the world's wealthiest people. This report was based on the assumption that he owned the entire company, an approach both IKEA and the Kamprad family rejected. Kamprad retained little direct ownership in the company, having transferred his interest to Stichting INGKA Foundation and INGKA Holding as part of a complex tax sheltering scheme that leaves his actual degree of control vague. In March 2010, "Forbes" magazine estimated Kamprad's fortune at US$23 billion, making him the eleventh richest person in the world. A year
Ingvar Lidholm work, "Perserna" (“The Persians”), adapted from Aeschylus’ play of the same name, and set for a cappella male choir and three soloists. This was followed the same year by "Kontakion", in which he uses Russian Orthodox choral music, again as with "Greetings from an old world" bridging early music and the avant-garde. His second opera, "Ett drömspel" (1992) is based on Strindberg's "A Dream Play". In 1993, Ingvar Lidholm won the Rolf Schock Prize. He played the violin and viola, conducted and served on musical juries. His notable students include Edward Applebaum and Anders Eliasson. Ingvar Lidholm Ingvar Natanael Lidholm