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 a place called Stein (see also Sveigder). The Estonians ("sýslu kind") assembled a great army in the interior and attacked King Ingvar in a great battle. The Estonian forces were too powerful and Ingvar fell and the Swedish forces retreated. Ingvar was buried in a mound at a place called "Stone" or "Hill fort" ("at Steini") on the shores of Estonia ("Aðalsýsla"). Snorri then quotes a stanza from Þjóðólfr of Hvinir's "Ynglingatal": The "Historia Norwegiæ" presents a Latin summary of "Ynglingatal", older than Snorri's quotation (continuing after Eysteinn): "Ynglingatal" only mentions the location "Sysla" (area paying tribute), "Historia Norwegiae" only