In contrast, IKEA of Sweden, the world's biggest maker of home furnishings, has been waiting years for permission to take full ownership of its local operations in India.

相反，来自瑞典的宜家是世界上最大的家具店，在印度苦苦等候多年以获得其全资形式的当地经营许可权。

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IKEA was started by entrepreneur Ingvar Kamprad in 1943 when he was just 17 in the small village of Agunnaryd in Sweden.

宜家由其创始人英格瓦·坎普拉德在1943年，当他只有17岁时在瑞典阿根娜瑞德的一个小村庄创办。

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Sweden is also the home of IKEA - the worlds largest furniture store.

宜家家居——世界上最大的家居厂，也是瑞典的。

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While most of the designs of IKEA products are made in Sweden, manufacturing has been outsourced to China and other Asian countries.

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Testing since has revealed the presence of horse meat in a few samples of Ikea meatballs from a supplier in Sweden, the firm said Thursday.

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Consider also the story of IKEA , a global furniture company from Sweden with 131, 000 employees and retail stores in 41 countries.

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