IKEA, the world famous international retailer founded in Sweden in 1943 is an acronym for Ingvar Kamprad Eimtaryd Aggunaryd. Ingvar Kamprad is the name of the founder and his family owned a farm called Eimtaryd near a village named Aggunaryd. The acronym IKEA is therefore the founder’s name, the family farm and the village where the founder grew up.