Jokes in poor taste lead to a little trivia

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While gabbing with a friend online, I made the erroneous conclusion that Ikea was from Finland. I'm not sure why, except that I'm quite ignorant about those scandahuvian countries o'er yonder way. So, thanks to that, I now know Ikea started in Sweden. Oddly enough, though Sweden borders Finland, an Ikea store did not open in Finland until 1996. Ikea started in 1958. Stores opened up around the world well before Ikea opened up a store in its neighboring country. Was that because it was close enough to drive into Sweden to shop?