FIRST - IKEA Store - Älmhult, Sweden
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On January 27, 2018, Ingvar Kamprad has past away. He was the founder of IKEA." = The world's first IKEA store, nowadays THE IKEA MUSEUM located at Ikeagatan 5 in Älmhult, Sweden.
Waymark Code: WMXM6D
Location: Kronoberg, Sweden
Date Posted: 01/28/2018
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1958
The first IKEA store opens in Sweden.
The first IKEA store in Älmhult has 6,700 square metres of home furnishings! At the time, it is the largest furniture display in Scandinavia.
Gillis Lundgren designs the TORE drawer unit
While visiting an IKEA kitchen manufacturer, one of the earliest co-workers at IKEA, Gillis Lundgren, notes the simple, practical storage ideas being used in IKEA kitchens and is inspired to apply the same thinking throughout the home. As soon as he gets back to Älmhult he sits down and designs the TORE drawer unit.
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The very first IKEA store has been converted into the very first public IKEA museum. Here you can walk down the memory lane by watching complete room settings from different decades – and get yourself on the front cover of the IKEA Catalog.
Yes, after three years of work, the doors have finally been thrown open to the public at the new IKEA Museum in Älmhult, Sweden. Or as the IKEA Museum puts it, “For 70 years people have welcomed IKEA into their homes. Now it’s our turn to welcome you to ours.” The museum is expecting around 200 000 visitors in the first year.
The IKEA Museum is located in Älmhult, Sweden - the place where it all began and is often referred to as “the heart of IKEA”. In fact, the museum is housed in the very building that was once the first IKEA store, which opened in 1958..
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