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IKEA in Communist Poland
In January 1961, Swedes searched by candlelight for tools in the attic of a factory in Radomsko, and found a chair. This was the beginning of IKEA’s thirty years in communist Poland.
01/11/2026 · 15 min read
Read articleStories – people, objects, factories, events
Behind every design classic there is someone who drew it, a factory that made it, and a moment when it all could have gone differently. These are those stories.
