Fun fact: Ingvar Kamprad, the oligarch who founded IKEA and from whose name the brand name is derived, was a personal friend of Swedish fascist leader Per Engdahl and was an active member of not one but two fascist groups, Engdahl’s “New Swedish Movement” as well as the Swedish Nazi Party.
In 1942 the then 16 year old Kamprad joined Engdahl’s group in which he was active until at least september 1945. A 1943 report from the Swedish secret police concluded that Kamprad held some sort of official position within the Nazi Party. Kamprad remained a personal friend of Engdahl until at least the 1950s. As late as 2010 he called Engdahl “a great man” in an interview.
Fun fact: Ingvar Kamprad, the oligarch who founded IKEA and from whose name the brand name is derived, was a personal friend of Swedish fascist leader Per Engdahl and was an active member of not one but two fascist groups, Engdahl’s “New Swedish Movement” as well as the Swedish Nazi Party.
In 1942 the then 16 year old Kamprad joined Engdahl’s group in which he was active until at least september 1945. A 1943 report from the Swedish secret police concluded that Kamprad held some sort of official position within the Nazi Party. Kamprad remained a personal friend of Engdahl until at least the 1950s. As late as 2010 he called Engdahl “a great man” in an interview.