IKEA making it one of the largest users of wood in the retail sector. Most of IKEA's stores and factories were previously owned by INGKA, a holding company controlled by the Stichting INGKA Foundation, one of the 40 wealthiest foundations in the world. Ingvar Kamprad founded IKEA in 1943 as a mostly mail-order sales business. It began to sell furniture five years later. The first Möbel-IKÉA store was opened in Älmhult, Småland, in 1958 (Möbel means "furniture" in Swedish). The first stores outside Sweden were opened in Norway (1963) and Denmark (1969). The stores spread to other parts of Europe in
Ingvar Thordarson million tickets sold in Finland alone and Guinness World Records holder for the largest gross tonnage of high-explosives detonated in a single film take. In addition, Ingvar has run a cinema, various businesses and companies, organized film festivals, and collaborated with a variety of global artists, as well as managing events around the world. Ingvar has worked with David Bowie, Sting, Richard O'Brien, Eddie Izzard, Prodigy, and Pet Shop Boys to name a few, in a variety of cultural and business environments. Ingvar Thordarson Berlin/Reykjavík based entrepreneur Ingvar Thordarson has produced feature films and documentaries that have won prizes all