About IKEA

IKEA was founded by Ingvar Kamprad in 1943 and came to life as a mail-order catalog business in the forested town of Älmhult, Sweden. Today, it’s a global home furnishing brand that brings affordability, design, and comfort to people all over the world. We may have come a long way since our humble beginnings, but our vision remains the same: to create a better everyday life for many people. Explore the IKEA story here, to learn more about our heritage, what drives us today and the ways we seek to positively impact people and the planet. We want to inspire and enable as many people as possible to live more sustainably and to make it easy and affordable. We’re also doing our part by transforming the way we work to become circular and climate positive and to have a positive social impact wherever we are in the world.