Ikano Bank estate in many countries. In 1995, Ingvar Kamprad (the founder of IKEA) started "Ikanobanken", with just one branch office in Älmhult, Sweden. In January 2009, Ikanobanken became Ikano Bank, merging with other entities within the IKANO Group. Ikano Bank Ikano Bank is a consumer finance bank established in 1995 by Ingvar Kamprad (the founder of IKEA). Ikano Bank has its head office in Malmö, with branch offices in Sundbyberg, Älmhult, Asker, Glostrup, Nottingham, and Helsinki. Ikano Bank also conducts business in Germany, Poland, Austria, Finland, and Russia via separate companies. Ikano Bank offers loans, savings accounts and partner business supplying
Ingvar Kamprad ("Fanny") Glatz was born in Radonitz (Radonice) in Bohemia in then-Austria-Hungary; they left Germany for Sweden in 1896. The surname Kamprad was a variant of "Comrade" and dates back to the 14th century; in the 19th century the Kamprad family had become wealthy estate owners in Thuringia. Achim Kamprad's mother was a distant relative of Paul von Hindenburg. Achim was the younger son of an estate owner and had bought the farm Elmtaryd (presently standardized "Älmtaryd") near the small village of Agunnaryd (now part of Ljungby Municipality) in the province of Småland; with 449 hectares of land it was the