Ingvar Kamprad Ingvar Kamprad Feodor Ingvar Kamprad (; 30 March 1926 – 27 January 2018) was a Swedish best known for founding IKEA, a multinational retail company specialising in furniture. He lived in Switzerland from 1976 to 2014. Kamprad was born in Pjätteryd (now part of Älmhult Municipality), Kronobergs län, in Småland, Sweden, to Feodor Kamprad (1893–1984) and Berta née Nilsson (1903–1956). His mother was of Swedish origin, while his father was born in Germany and came to Sweden aged one with his parents. Kamprad's paternal grandfather Achim Erdmann Kamprad was originally from Altenburger Land in Thuringia, and his paternal grandmother Franzisca
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