IKEA's name is an acronym of its founder's name, his family farm and his home village.

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IKEA's name is an acronym of its founder's name, his family farm and his home village.

Yes. IKEA combines the initials of founder Ingvar Kamprad with Elmtaryd, his family's farm, and Agunnaryd, the village nearby in Småland, Sweden. He registered the business in 1943 at age seventeen.

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