Ingvar Kamprad entitled "A Testament of a Furniture Dealer" in 1976. Kamprad also worked with Swedish journalist Bertil Torekull on "Leading by Design: The IKEA Story". In the autobiographical book, Kamprad further describes his philosophies and the trials and triumphs of the founding of IKEA. In 1994, the personal letters of the Swedish fascist activist Per Engdahl were made public, posthumously, revealing that Kamprad had joined Engdahl's pro-fascist New Swedish Movement ("Nysvenska Rörelsen") in 1942, at age 16. Kamprad had raised funds and recruited members for the group, at least as late as September 1945. When he quit the group is unknown,
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