Actually, it's kind of the other way around: IKEA, and Ingvar Kamprad, its founder, are from Småland. He started selling matches as a young boy (connecting to another Swedish business empire of yore, Swedish Match and its founder Ivar Kreuger).
IKEA is an acronym: Ingvar Kamprad, Elmtaryd, Agunnaryd. Elmtaryd was the Kamprad family farm and Agunnaryd is the nearby village.
My father-in-law is from the very same area in Småland as Kamprad, and they were born the same year.
IKEA is an acronym: Ingvar Kamprad, Elmtaryd, Agunnaryd. Elmtaryd was the Kamprad family farm and Agunnaryd is the nearby village.
My father-in-law is from the very same area in Småland as Kamprad, and they were born the same year.