Ikano include mortgage loans, consumer loans, and loyalty cards for retailers and the residential operations consist of rental and tenant owned apartments in various locations in Sweden. Ikano owns the IKEA franchise rights for Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand, and operates IKEA stores in these markets. In 2015, Lars Thorsén succeeded Arja Taaveniku as CEO of Ikano Group. Ikano Ikano Group is a privately held international group of companies with the parent company Ikano S.A. based in Luxembourg. It was originally a part of IKEA, which was founded by Ingvar Kamprad, then became independent in 1988, and has since been owned by
Ingvar Ambjørnsen Ingvar Ambjørnsen Ingvar Even Ambjørnsen-Haefs (born 20 May 1956) is a Norwegian writer. He is best known for his "Elling" tetralogy: "Utsikt til paradiset" (1993), "Fugledansen" (1995), "Brødre i blodet" (1996), and "Elsk meg i morgen" (1999). "Brødre i blodet" ("Blood brothers") was turned into a successful movie, entitled "Elling", which received an Oscar nomination in the Best Foreign Film category in 2001. The English translation of the novel is called "Beyond the Great Indoors". Born in Tønsberg and raised in Larvik, his debut novel was a semi-autobiography called "23-salen" ("The 23rd Row"), in which he criticized Norway's efforts to