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Ikea founders mull sale of Habitat furniture chain

Business & Money: 19 Oct 09
The family of Ingvar Kamprad, the Swedish billionaire founder of the Ikea discount furniture chain, is thinking about ditching the high-end Habitat furniture and design chain. READ »

Demand slump fails to dent Ikea's earnings

Business & Money: 17 Sep 09
Swedish furniture maker Ikea took in a record €21.5 billion ($30.1 billion) in earnings so far this year, the company said on Thursday, despite weaker demand. READ »

Billy bookshelf does battle with Big Mac Index

Business & Money: 10 Sep 09
Ikea’s iconic Billy bookshelf may be on its way to ousting McDonald’s Big Mac as a gauge for comparing price levels across different countries. READ »

Ikea wins naming battle with used furniture site

Business & Money: 9 Sep 09
Flatpack furniture giant Ikea has won its legal naming battle with iloveikea.se. The Swedish website, which sells second-hand Ikea goods at knockdown prices, has been forced to shelve its plans to keep the domain name. READ »

'Brand Sweden' goes local

Analysis & Opinion: 24 Aug 09
Nation-branding, though controversial in some quarters, is becoming ever more important and can be of great value to towns and regions wishing to reach out to the wider world, writes Joakim Norén of the Swedish Institute. READ »

Baby helps fill in white spaces on map

Analysis & Opinion: 5 Aug 09
Having a baby has been a real eye-opener for Joel Sherwood, who continues his Pop Culture series with a curious look at the hidden crannies he never knew existed. READ »

Ikea founder calls for more job cuts

Business & Money: 7 Jul 09
Swedish furniture retailing giant Ikea needs to shed more employees, company founder Ingvar Kamprad said in an interview published on Monday. READ »

Around Sweden in 56 and a half days

Travel: 29 Jun 09
Desperately seeking Sweden: Christine Demsteader ponders a few literary journeys as she prepares for an epic trip around the country she has come to call home. She invites The Local’s readers to join her en route. READ »

Unprecedented job cuts at Ikea due to crisis

Business & Money: 24 Jun 09
Swedish discount furniture retailer Ikea has been forced to slash 5,000 jobs globally due to the economic crisis, but still expects a new sales record, the CEO said on Tuesday. READ »

Ikea swindled out of 1.5 billion in Russia

Business & Money: 20 Jun 09
Ikea has been swindled out of 1.5 billion kronor ($189 million) in Russia, company founder Ingvar Kamprad has revealed to Swedish media. READ »

Fifty years of Ikea on display in Stockholm museum

Lifestyle: 19 Jun 09
Stockholmers no longer need to travel to Barkaby or Kungens Kurva to get their Ikea fix. Fans of cheap-but-chic home furnishings can instead head to a downtown Stockholm museum to see a retrospective of the furniture giant's 50 years of liveable design, the AFP's Mark Preel reports. READ »

What's on in Sweden: June 19 - 25

Lifestyle: 18 Jun 09
What's on in Sweden: Morrissey & Midsummer fun in Stockholm; AC/DC & Euro 2009 U-21 football in Gothenburg; Yasmina Reza's ART in Malmö. READ »

Ikea dismantles plans for stores in India

Business & Money: 11 Jun 09
Swedish furniture retailer Ikea has scuttled plans to open stores in India due to regulations preventing foreigners from owning single brand retailers, the company announced on Thursday. READ »

What's on in Sweden: June 12 - 18

Lifestyle: 11 Jun 09
What's on in Sweden: Neil Young & Ikea exhibition in Stockholm; Euro 2009 U-21 football in Gothenburg; Orchestra Baobab in Malmö. READ »

A quickie with... Daily Show regular Lewis Black

Lifestyle: 3 Jun 09
Citizens of Stockholm should prepare to be in stitches on June 5th – stand-up comedian Lewis Black is coming to town, and the funnyman’s performance is sure to be nothing short of hilarious. READ »

Swedes' English is bewilderingly excellent: Dylan Moran

Lifestyle: 29 May 09
Award-winning Irish stand-up comedian Dylan Moran heads to Sweden next week, where he will perform in Stockholm and Gothenburg. The Local gave him a call. READ »

Ikea furnishes 'copycat' site with lawsuit

Society: 28 May 09
Home furnishing giant Ikea has launched legal proceedings over the rights to the domain name iloveikea.se, a site which currently specializes in selling used Ikea furniture. READ »

Modern-day Vikings pillage streets of Stockholm

Lifestyle: 19 May 09
With picturesque cobblestone streets, cozy cafes and an abundance of history, Gamla Stan is, with good reason, one of Stockholm’s main tourist attractions. Join Lydia Parafianowicz on a Viking pillage through the Old Town. READ »

Credit card fraudsters target Ikea

Society: 21 Apr 09
Police have launched a credit card fraud investigation after employees at an Ikea in central Sweden discovered a suspicious device attached to one of the store’s card payment machines. READ »

Sweden’s Filip and Fredrik get lost in the Big Apple

Lifestyle: 16 Apr 09
Live television is often full of surprises – even in Sweden. And when comic duo Filip and Fredrik are involved, there’s no way to predict what sort of wackiness may ensue when the cameras start rolling, The Local’s David Landes discovers. READ »

Ikea under fire over Turkish supplier

Business & Money: 30 Mar 09
Swedish furniture giant Ikea and US retailer Wal-Mart was among several international companies criticized by a Norwegian group for what it deemed "unacceptable" working conditions at a Turkish supplier. READ »

Swedish students aim for jobs with Ikea and Google

Education: 27 Mar 09
Ikea, Google, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs are the most popular employers among Swedish students, according to a new survey. READ »

Getting fit for the Swedish Classic

Lifestyle: 17 Mar 09
The Local's Keith Moore examines the rigours of the supremely challenging Swedish Classic as part of a new series on keeping fit in Sweden, in association with Planet Fitness. READ »

Sweden’s national parks celebrate 100 Years

Travel: 27 Feb 09
Scattered across Sweden's vast landscape are the oldest and some of the finest national parks in Europe. Alec Forss charts their history and picks out five of the best. READ »

Dating in Sweden: sex, booze and mobile phones

Dating: 16 Feb 09
As American blogger Kommissarie F. Curiosa prepares to wrap up her almost seven-year sojourn in Sweden, she shares her reflections on Swedish mating and dating with The Local. READ »

Modern methods pit reindeer herders against animal activists

Lifestyle: 13 Feb 09
Far from the idyllic image of lone herders skiing after their reindeer, indigenous Samis in Sweden's far north today use snowmobiles and other vehicles, giving rise to an animal welfare campaign as far away as Britain, writes AFP's Nina Larson. READ »

Is Sweden a good place to bring up kids?

Analysis & Opinion: 4 Feb 09
Every week we ask a panel of readers to discuss an aspect of life in Sweden. This week: raising children. READ »

Arla exec to take over as head of Systembolaget

Business & Money: 23 Jan 09
Sweden’s state-run liquor monopoly Systembolaget has named a successor to Anitra Steen, who is set to retire from her position as managing director on April 30th. READ »

Sweden seen as land of bribes in EU sculpture

Society: 16 Jan 09
A controversial art installation in Brussels has made a less-than-subtle jab at Sweden’s alleged involvement in attempts to bribe Czech politicians into approving a massive fighter jet order earlier in the decade. READ »

Ikea creates Oval Office replica

Business & Money: 15 Jan 09
Swedish flatpack furniture giant Ikea has erected a replica Oval Office at Union Station in Washington DC this week in a bid to cash in on the inauguration of president elect Barack Obama. READ »

Ikea's Swedish operation reports strong 2008 profits

Business & Money: 12 Dec 08
The Swedish division of global home furnishings giant Ikea reported pre-tax profits of 2.1 billion kronor ($263 million) for the 2008 fiscal year. READ »

Karin Bergöö Larsson: Mother, muse and artist

Lifestyle: 9 Dec 08
Marge Thorell takes a peek inside the home of a Swedish designer whose own artistic legacy has freed her from the shadow of her celebrated husband. READ »

Winter rail destinations: Copenhagen

Travel: 8 Dec 08
Perched on the other side of the Öresund strait, cosmopolitan Copenhagen is just a short train ride away. READ »

'Women best at assembling Ikea furniture'

Society: 8 Dec 08
Woman are more skilled than men at putting together Ikea's flatpack furniture, according to the head of the Swedish company's German unit. READ »

Toddler's death prompts US recall for Ikea blinds

Society: 26 Nov 08
Swedish furniture maker Ikea announced on Tuesday it was recalling window blinds sold in the United States following the choking death of a one-year-old girl. READ »

Ikea chief wants to 'support social causes'

Business & Money: 18 Nov 08
Ikea founder Ingvar Kamprad has said he is keen to do a lot more to help people in need, according to the Dutch foundation that owns the Swedish furniture giant. READ »

The Lowdown: Quality Swedish beer

Lifestyle: 17 Nov 08
Sweden is not a country renowned for its beers. But when Darren Packman has a nose around, he finds there's more to the country's brewers than meets the gut on a typical night out. READ »

Tough times hit Sweden's billionaires

Business & Money: 14 Nov 08
Despite their billions, Sweden’s wealthiest individuals have shown that not even they can withstand the effects of the financial crisis coupled with a dismal year on the stock market. READ »

Stockholm - the rat capital of Scandinavia?

Lifestyle: 8 Oct 08
Sleek design, spotless sidewalks and vast colonies of rats: It can only be Sweden, as Christopher Seymour finds out. READ »

Wal-Mart eyes Sweden

Business & Money: 23 Sep 08
US retailing giant Wal-Mart is in talks about opening a store in Sundsvall in northern Sweden, officials from the city report. READ »

Exciting new gallery challenges design orthodoxy

Lifestyle: 10 Sep 08
There’s more to Swedish design than minimalist Scandinavian pine and Ikea flatpacks, as Jennifer Heape discovered at Stockholm’s newest art space, Designgalleriet. READ »

Ikea sales reach all-time high

Business & Money: 10 Sep 08
Sales by Swedish home furnishings giant Ikea continue to grow despite the weakening global economy. READ »

Dishwashing trumps Ikea for Swedes

Business & Money: 22 Aug 08
'Yes' washing-up liquid is Sweden's most loved brand with around 2.5 million Swedes big fans of the soapy detergent, according to a new report. READ »

Nobel a likely no-no for Sweden's king of crime fiction

Analysis & Opinion: 20 Aug 08
The most popular work of crime fiction ever published in Sweden is never likely to win a Nobel Prize. But it should, argues Jeanne Rudbeck, who is left spellbound by Stieg Larsson's Millennium Trilogy. READ »

Ikea catalogue celebrates Swedish diversity

Business & Money: 15 Aug 08
Flat-pack furniture giant Ikea launched its new catalogue on Thursday amid much coverage in the Swedish national press. READ »

Ikea founder: sons as CEO 'not an option'

Business & Money: 28 Jul 08
Ingvar Kamprad, the founder of Swedish furniture chain Ikea, has revealed it is unlikely that one of his sons will take over as CEO when the incumbent CEO Anders Dahlvig leaves. READ »

Swedish fashion taking the world by storm

Lifestyle: 21 Jul 08
Richie Rankin reveals why hot labels and cutting-edge design have helped Stockholm become the new Milan in global fashion. READ »

Stellar cast makes Mamma Mia! a film worth seeing

Lifestyle: 14 Jul 08
René Rice explains that while Mamma Mia! may be a confusing musical-to-film adaptation, it nonetheless works thanks to an all-star cast. READ »

Ikea recalls 650,000 lamps due to risk of overheating

Business & Money: 17 Jun 08
Swedish furniture giant Ikea on Tuesday recalled about 650,000 desk lamps sold in Europe, Asia and Australia since 2004 because of a risk of overheating. READ »

Lego in, Ikea out when naming Swedish boys

Society: 5 Jun 08
Ikea isn’t acceptable, but a boy in Sweden now has the right to be named Lego. READ »

The lowdown on Sweden's National Day

Lifestyle: 5 Jun 08
June 6th is Sweden's National Day - but what is being celebrated, and how? The Local explains the essentials. READ »

Ikea opens first U.S. manufacturing facility

Business & Money: 22 May 08
Swedish furniture maker Ikea celebrated the opening of its first factory in the United States on Wednesday. READ »

Worlds apart: The Danish - Swedish culture clash

Analysis & Opinion: 19 May 08
Even if only a 16 kilometre bridge separates Sweden from its ”more Continental” neighbours, the Danes, the distance between the two cultures far surpasses their physical proximity, argues Alannah Eames . READ »

Is Italy in the EU? - A Swedish ID card farce

Analysis & Opinion: 13 May 08
Getting an ID card might not seem like rocket science but Riccardo Bevilacqua from the Division of Applied Nuclear Physics at Uppsala University has found splitting atoms easy by comparison. READ »

Ikea accused of mistreating German workers

Business & Money: 29 Apr 08
Swedish home furnishing giant Ikea has been accused in Germany of illegal labour practices, including secretly filming its workers. READ »

Japan tells Ikea to give better instructions

Society: 28 Apr 08
Swedish DIY furniture giant Ikea has been ordered to give better instructions in Japan after a customer suffered minor injuries assembling a chest. READ »

What's on in Sweden: April 25 - May 1

Lifestyle: 24 Apr 08
What's on this week in Sweden: Top drag act Taylor Mac in Stockholm, Entombed in Gothenburg, Walpurgis celebrations in Malmö and much more besides. READ »

Ikea expansion in China moves ahead

Business & Money: 22 Apr 08
Swedish furniture giant Ikea plans to set up a new outlet in northern China, China’s state media reported on Tuesday. READ »

Swedish students keen to work for Google

Business & Money: 11 Apr 08
Given a choice, Swedish students would most like to work for search engine giant Google, a new study has shown. Ikea, Sony Ericsson and H&M also performed well. READ »

H&M, Ikea among Europe’s strongest brands

Business & Money: 10 Apr 08
Swedish clothing retailer Hennes & Mauritz (H&M) tops a new list of Europe’s strongest brands, while Ikea comes in third. READ »

Global economic woes hit Ikea

Business & Money: 9 Apr 08
Ikea CEO Anders Dahlvig admitted Wednesday that the global economic slowdown is affecting the company. READ »

A thin man in fat city

Analysis & Opinion: 9 Apr 08
Travelling back to his home town of Los Angeles, David Bartal finds that Sweden still has a long way to go when it comes to unhealthy food at bargain prices. READ »

Ikea recalls chairs to stop kids falling down

Business & Money: 6 Mar 08
Swedish furniture giant Ikea has recalled 3,600 high chairs sold in Europe. READ »

Surf's up in Sweden

Travel: 25 Feb 08
Aussie surfer Tyson Ballard braves the elements to discover the Swedish coastline's chilly charms. READ »

More Swedish investment flowing to France

Business & Money: 21 Feb 08
Sweden is now the second largest source of foreign investment in France. READ »

Ikea guilty of 'cultural imperialism': Danes

Society: 20 Feb 08
Danish newspapers have accused Swedish furniture giant Ikea of "bullying" Denmark. READ »

New sales record for Ikea

Business & Money: 15 Feb 08
Sales for the 2007-2006 fiscal year increased to 186 billion kronor. READ »

Strong profits for Ikea in Sweden

Business & Money: 3 Jan 08
Swedish subsidiary reported a profit of 2.4 billion kronor for the last fiscal year. READ »

Swedes spurn bling but value education

Society: 14 Dec 07
Owning expensive jewellery and having own company are big status symbols for Americans and Russians, but not for Swedes. Swedes rate language skills highly, however. READ »

Sweden's rich 'are richer than we thought'

Business & Money: 4 Dec 07
The richest one percent of people in Sweden own up to 40 percent of the personal wealth in the country, according to a new report. READ »

The Lowdown: Swedish Advent

Lifestyle: 28 Nov 07
If the darkness of winter's already starting to get you down, the light and merriment –not to mention the calories and alcohol – of a Swedish Advent should help pick you up. READ »

Sports digest: Nystrand smashes two world records

Sport: 19 Nov 07
Swimming: Stefan Nystrand excels in Berlin. Golf: Jimenez snatches Hong Kong victory from Karlsson. Football: Swedes prepare for crucial tie against Latvia. READ »

A delux treat for the hostess with the mostess

Lifestyle: 16 Nov 07
Tipping Point: As Christmas nears, Kathleen Harman feels under pressure to be the perfect hostess. A trip to a Michelin-starred restaurant in Stockholm was a good way to get some tips. READ »

Kamprad 'still richest in Sweden'

Society: 15 Nov 07
Ikea founder Ingvar Kamprad remains by far the richest man in Sweden, with an estimated fortune of 530 billion kronor ($84.37 billion), according to a new survey by Veckans Affärer magazine. READ »

Please can I return this husband?

Dating: 13 Nov 07
Buy a sweater at H&M and you don't expect it to last forever, but it will look good on you for the time being. With the country's high divorce rate, Swedes have a pretty similar attitude to spouses, says Sarah Tarnowski. READ »

'Muhammad cartoon not racial agitation'

Politics: 20 Sep 07
A cartoon depicting Prophet Muhammad as a dog, published in a local Swedish newspaper in August, did not constitute incitement to racial hatred, Sweden's justice chancellor ruled on Thursday. READ »

Algerian ambassador condemns bounty on Muhammad cartoonist

Politics: 18 Sep 07
Algeria's ambassador to Sweden on Monday condemned death threats from al-Qaeda in Iraq against a Swedish artist who drew a cartoon of Prophet Muhammad and a newspaper editor who published it. READ »

Media and Prime Minister rally around cartoonist

National: 16 Sep 07
The Swedish media and Prime Minister rallied Sunday behind a cartoonist whose depiction of the Islamic prophet as a dog earned him death threats from Al-Qaeda in Iraq, as Swedish companies braced for a backlash. READ »

Ericsson takes down flags in Middle East

National: 16 Sep 07
Telecoms giant Ericsson has taken steps to reduce its visibility in the Middle East following Saturday's threat by al-Qaeda in Iraq to target major Swedish companies. READ »

Al-Qaeda puts bounties on heads of Swedes

National: 15 Sep 07
The purported leader of Al-Qaeda in Iraq has called for the murder of artist Lars Vilks and newspaper editor Ulf Johansson. The organization also threatened to target "Ericsson, Scania, Volvo, IKEA and Electrolux" unless an apology is forthcoming. READ »

Britain looks to Sweden for flat-pack homes

Society: 6 Sep 07
Building has started on a first batch of Swedish-designed low-cost, flat-pack homes in Britain, which is in the grip of a chronic shortage of affordable housing amid rising prices and immigration. READ »

Ikea delivery man stole customers' bank details

National: 1 Sep 07
A 21-year-old man working as an Ikea delivery driver is accused of copying customers' bank card numbers and using their details to fund a shopping spree worth hundreds of thousands of kronor. READ »

Kamprad receives big Ikea dividend

Business & Money: 31 Jul 07
Ingvar Kamprad, founder of the Ikea furniture chain, received a total dividend of 1.45 billion kronor for the last financial year from the company's Swedish operations, newly disclosed minutes reveal. READ »

Shop till you drop at Ikea - then stay the night

National: 14 Jul 07
No longer content to offer consumers Swedish meatballs and self-assembly shelves, Ikea in Norway is now offering weary shoppers the chance to sleep over in one of its Oslo showrooms free of charge. READ »

Ryanair in major Skavsta expansion

Business & Money: 14 Jun 07
Ryanair's Viking chief, Michael O'Leary, was in Stockholm on Thursday to announce a major expansion at Skavsta airport. The airline plans to launch 13 new routes to European destinations, including Berlin, Liverpool and Valencia. READ »

Chinese president ends visit with piracy vow

Politics: 11 Jun 07
Chinese President Hu Jintao closed his visit to Sweden with a vow to stamp out copyright piracy and tackle climate change. READ »

Swedish brand worth a fortune

Society: 1 Jun 07
Volvo, IKEA, Absolut and Ericsson all contribute to Sweden having the strongest brand in Scandinavia, and one of the strongest in the world. READ »

Sweden is virtually first in Second Life

Science & Technology: 30 May 07
Sweden's foreign minister Carl Bildt has cut a virtual ribbon to open a Swedish Embassy that only exists in cyberspace. But toasting the opening with virtual champagne could not beat real life diplomatic receptions, he opined. READ »

Police identify victim of Alby murder

National: 15 May 07
Police have identified the lacerated corpse found wrapped in plastic in the Stockholm suburb of Alby last week. READ »

Police missed dead body in Stockholm suburb

National: 10 May 07
Police were first alerted to news of a dead body in the Alby area 14 days ago but an initial search proved fruitless. The body found on Wednesday was not dismembered as police first believed. READ »

Shopworkers call off strike

National: 7 May 07
A strike in the retail sector which threatened to cause widespread chaos for Swedish consumers has been called off after unions reached agreement with employers. READ »

Strike could lead to chaos for Swedish shoppers

Society: 26 Apr 07
A strike has been called by a union representing shopworkers at some of Sweden's biggest store chains, including Ikea and ICA. Unions and employers have so far not agreed on wage deals. READ »

Shop workers strike called for April 5th

Politics: 26 Mar 07
The Commercial Employees Union has called for a complete stoppage at 94 workplaces around the country. 6,000 employees across the country will be called out of work. READ »

'Swan woman' returns to Stockholm

National: 15 Mar 07
Gotham City had Batman, Stockholm has Swan Woman. After six weeks of relative anonymity, the woman was spotted again yesterday placing a swan in an IKEA bag. READ »

Kamprad fourth richest in world

Business & Money: 9 Mar 07
Ikea founder Ingvar Kamprad is the fourth richest man in the world, according to US magazine Forbes. H&M boss Stefan Persson and Tetra Pak's Birgit Rausing also feature. READ »

Sweden: Switzerland with sex appeal

National: 22 Feb 07
Sweden is viewed as trustworthy but exciting, with the country's design and creativity burnishing the country's reputation. But Sweden's brand suffers by not having a well-recognized landmark. READ »

Swedish companies develop a conscience

Business & Money: 1 Feb 07
Swedish multinationals are becoming ever more aware of their human rights responsibilities abroad, according to a new report by Amnesty International. READ »

Ikea vases cause cut wounds

Society: 1 Feb 07
Ikea has decided to recall 600,000 vases after several customers complained of cuts caused by a design fault. READ »

Green Christmas boosts Swedish stores

Business & Money: 4 Jan 07
Sweden's retailers are crediting the green Christmas with record high December sales. Ikea and Åhléns have done well, but sports chains have been disappointed by the lack of snow. READ »

Introducing...Ingvar Kamprad

Lifestyle: 2 Jan 07
He founded the international flat-pack furnishing giant Ikea, making himself one of the wealthiest people in the world in the process. But Ingvar Kamprad still drives his fifteen-year-old Volvo round the streets of Lausanne. READ »

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