Älmhult
Älmhult is a locality and the seat of Älmhult Municipality in Kronoberg County, Sweden with a population of 17950 as of 2024
It was in Älmhult that the first IKEA store was built. IKEA continues to have a large corporate presence there. A museum of IKEA's history, the IKEA Museum, opened in the town on 30 June 2016. It was constructed to present the history of IKEA. Visitors to Älmhult can also experience the IKEA Hotel, which opened in 1964. It is near IKEA's offices and opposite the IKEA Museum.
Älmhult has a local gymnasium called Haganässkolan and an international school that goes up to Year 10.
Haganässkolan is an International Baccalaureate-authorized school that offers the IB Diploma Programme since August 2017. The school also offers a preparatory year, the Pre-Diploma Programme.