IKEA By 20427 Mar 30, 1926 IKEA founder Ingvar Kamprad is born Jun 1, 1943 Ikea is founded Jan 1, 1956 Gillis Lundgren, IKEA employee, invents flat-packing Jan 1, 1963 First store opens outside Sweden, in Oslo, Norway Jan 1, 1975 IKEA opens first store in Australia Jan 1, 1985 IKEA reaches 10, 000 employees Jan 1, 2000 The IWAY code of conduct is written
