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IKEA's nomenclature conventions name upholstered furniture after places in Sweden. The Klippan sofa is named after Klippan Municipality in Southern Sweden. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Klippan was developed by IKEA's product developer and head of design Lars Engman and designer Noboru Nakamura. [ 3 ]
The lyrics include references to various IKEA products, namely BEDDINGE, KIVIK, VITTSJÖ, KNOPPARP, BESTÅ and SLATTUM. [263] The 1999 American movie Fight Club references IKEA furniture to show the consumerist culture of modern times. IKEA stores have been featured in many works of fiction. Some examples include:
A chaise longue sofa An 18th-century rococo chaise longue A late 19th-century chaise longue. A chaise longue (/ ʃ eɪ z ˈ l ɒ ŋ, tʃ eɪ z-,-ˈ l ɒ̃ ɡ /; [1] French: [ʃɛz lɔ̃ɡ], "long chair") is an upholstered sofa in the shape of a chair that is long enough to support the legs of the sitter.
The acronym IKEA is made up of the initials of his name (Ingvar Kamprad) plus those of Elmtaryd, the family farm where he was born, and the nearby village Agunnaryd where he was raised. [ 8 ] [ 11 ] Between the founding of IKEA and his board resignation in 1946, Kamprad was an author.
Kivik (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈɕǐːvɪk]) [2] is a locality in Simrishamn Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden with 960 inhabitants in 2010. [1] It is in a part of Scania (Skåne) called Österlen. Kivik is known for its annual market, usually taking place on the third Monday through Wednesday of July each year.
The Messenger Feast or Kivgiq [pronunciation?], Kevgiq [pronunciation?] (Kivgiġñiq in Iñupiaq dialect of North Slope Borough, [1] Kivgiqsuat in King Island Iñupiaq, [2] Kevgiq in Yup'ik [3] [4]), is a celebratory mid-winter festival in Alaska traditionally held by Iñupiaq (Tikiġaġmiut, Nunamiut...) and Yup'ik peoples after a strong whale harvest.