Älmhult is a locality in Kronoberg County in southern Sweden and the seat of Älmhult Municipality. Its population was recorded as 17,950 in 2024. The town is best known as the place where the first IKEA store was built, and the furniture company still keeps a large corporate presence there. The IKEA Museum opened in the town on 30 June 2016 to present the history of the company. For education the town has a local upper secondary school, Haganässkolan, which has offered the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme since August 2017, and an international school that runs up to Year 10.
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Älmhult, Sweden IKEA of Sweden AB (operational) Malmö, Sweden IKEA of Sweden AB (operational) Delft, Netherlands Inter IKEA Systems B.V. (legal/franchisor) Leiden, Netherlands INGKA Holding B.V. (retail group)
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with a population of 17,950 as of 2024
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is a locality and the seat of Älmhult Municipality in Kronoberg County, Sweden
Part Of: Sweden, Lead section
is a locality and the seat of Älmhult Municipality in Kronoberg County, Sweden
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is a locality and the seat of Älmhult Municipality in Kronoberg County, Sweden
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