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==Death== Kamprad died in his sleep of [[pneumonia]] at his home in Småland, Sweden, on 27 January 2018 at the age of 91.<ref name="McFaddenNYT">{{cite news |author=Robert D. McFadden |date=28 January 2018 |title=Ingvar Kamprad, Founder of Ikea and Creator of a Global Empire, Dies at 91 |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/28/obituaries/ingvar-kamprad-dies.html?emc=edit_na_20180128&nl=breaking-news&nlid=72995439&ref=headline&mtrref=undefined&gwh=C413D9FDB1DC3AC82EA97D99A1D7EF61&gwt=pay |archive-url=https://archive.today/20180128153530/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/28/obituaries/ingvar-kamprad-dies.html#selection-1815.0-1815.74 |archive-date=28 January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/IKEASverige/status/957559400864079873|title=Ingvar Kamprad har i stillhet somnat in i sitt hem i Småland. Han föddes 1926 i Småland och redan som 17-åring grundade han IKEA. Ingvar kommer att vara mycket saknad och varmt ihågkommen av sin familj och av IKEA-medarbetare över hela världen.pic.twitter.com/RWTGtukeyI|date=28 January 2018|website=@IKEASverige|language=sv|access-date=28 January 2018}}</ref><ref>[https://www.dn.se/ekonomi/ingvar-kamprad-har-avlidit/ "Ingvar Kamprad avled på lördagen efter en kort tids sjukdom, bekräftar Ikea för DN."] ''Dagens Nyheter'', 28 January 2018.</ref> According to his will, half of Kamprad's estate would go to projects in [[Norrland]], the sparsely populated northern half of Sweden.<ref name="svtkamp">{{Cite web|url=https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/norrbotten/norrland-far-del-av-ingvar-kamprads-arv|title=Norrland får del av Ingvar Kamprads arv|author=Ellika Nilsson|date=13 March 2018|via=svt.se}}</ref> Kamprad reportedly wanted to develop Norrland and make it possible for young people to live there.<ref name="svtkamp" /> The other half of his estate went to his four children.<ref>{{Cite news |date=13 March 2018 |title=Ikea founder Ingvar Kamprad's will revealed |url=https://www.dn.se/ekonomi/global-utveckling/ikea-founder-ingvar-kamprads-will-revealed/ |access-date=8 February 2025 |work=Dagens Nyheter |language=sv |issn=1101-2447}}</ref> In 2015, it was reported that Kamprad had named his sons as the sole heirs of an entity called the [[Ikano]] Group, which is valued at US$1.5 billion, while his adopted daughter, Annika, who lived with him for three years as an infant, was planned to receive about $300,000.<ref name=":1" />
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