# Ingvar Kamprad

_Swedish business magnate (1926-2018)_

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Last updated: 2026-10-30

> Feodor Ingvar Kamprad was a Swedish billionaire businessman who founded IKEA in 1943 and grew it into a multinational retail company that became the world's largest furniture seller in 2008.

## Quick facts

- **Born:** 30 March 1926 ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q216932#P569))
- **Place of birth:** Pjätteryd ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q216932#P19))
- **Died:** 27 January 2018 ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q216932#P570))
- **Place of death:** Liatorp ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q216932#P20))
- **Citizenship:** Sweden ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q216932#P27))
- **Occupation:** businessperson; entrepreneur; designer ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q216932#P106))
- **Political party:** New Swedish Movement (1942–1945) ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q216932#P102))
- **Spouse:** Kerstin Wadling; Margaretha Stennert ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q216932#P26))
- **Awards:** International Swede of the Year; Global Economy Prize; Knight 1st class of the Order of Vasa; Order of Friendship; honorary doctorate of Lund University ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q216932#P166))

## Questions

**When was Ingvar Kamprad born?**  
Ingvar Kamprad was born on 30 March 1926 in Pjätteryd.

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## Sources

- [Wikipedia (English): Ingvar Kamprad](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingvar_Kamprad) — [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
- [Wikidata item Q216932](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q216932) — [CC0 1.0](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- [Image: Ingvar Kamprad Haparanda June 2010.jpg by Ministry of Enterprise, Energy and Communications of Sweden /Sandra Baqirjazid (CC BY 2.0)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ingvar_Kamprad_Haparanda_June_2010.jpg)

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