to help integrate it into the encyclopedia . please help improve this article by adding links that are relevant to the context within the existing text . april 2016 learn how and when to remove this template message ikano group is a privately held international group of companies with the parent company ikano s.a. based in luxembourg . it was originally part of ikea but became independent in 1988 and is since owned by the kamprad family . 1 ikano has operations in 14 countries in europe and southeast asia divided into four business areas and a group services office 2 finance austria denmark finland germany norway poland russia sweden uk real estate sweden insurance norway poland sweden switzerland retail malaysia singapore thailand group services luxembourg subsidiaries include ikano bank ab 3 ikano bostad ab residential and ikano f rs kring ab 4 insurance in sweden as well as ikano llc in russia jointly owned with credit europe bank . 5 its financial services include mortgage loans consumer loans and loyalty cards for retailers and the residential operations consist of rental and tenant owned apartments in various locations in sweden . 6 ikano owns the ikea franchise rights for malaysia singapore and thailand and operates ikea stores in these markets . 7 in 2015 lars thors n succeeded arja taaveniku as ceo of ikano group . 8 references edit ikano group . www.ikanogroup.com . retrieved 2016 02 01 . facts & figures 2014 ikano group pdf . retrieved 2016 02 01 . om ikano bank . retrieved 2016 02 01 . v ra gare och ledning ikano f rs kring . www.ikanoforsakring.se . retrieved 2016 02 01 . press release ikano group pdf . retrieved 2016 02 01 . facts & figures 2014 ikano group pdf . retrieved 2016 02 01 . facts & figures 2014 ikano group pdf . retrieved 2016 02 01 . press release ikano group pdf . retrieved 2016 02 01 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title ikano & oldid 731476177 categories companies of swedenikeahidden categories articles with too few wikilinks from april 2016all articles with too few wikilinksarticles covered by wikiproject wikify from april 2016all articles covered by wikiproject wikify navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages danskdeutschnorsk bokm lsvenska edit links this page was last modified on 25 july 2016 at 16 22 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view