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,
Ingvar Kamprad largest farm in the area. He committed suicide a few years after Frans Feodor was born, leaving the farm to Franzisca and with time Franz Feodor. Ingvar Kamprad lived on the farm with his parents, sister and grandmother from the age of 6. Kamprad visited his family's ancestral town in Thuringia and kept in contact with relatives there. Kamprad began to develop a business as a young boy. He started selling matches at the age of five. When he was seven he began travelling further afield on his bicycle to sell to neighbours. He found he could buy matches in