A new book published in Sweden claims the founder of IKEA, the world’s largest furniture retailer, had far closer ties to Nazi groups than previously known. According to the book, IKEA’s Ingvar Kamprad joined the Swedish Nazi party in 1943 at the age of 17 and maintained ties with the Nazis until 1950, long after the war and Adolf Hitler’s defeat. The book reveals for the first time that Swedish security police opened up a file on him in 1943 that identified him as a Nazi and that he worked for years as a Nazi recruiter. Kamprad is now one of the world’s richest people.