Company milestone · 1943-07
Ingvar Kamprad registered the company Handelsfirman IKEA; the IKEA Museum shows its first registered trademark from the same year. [2]
IKEA Logo
Archive record · not confirmed as the current logo.
Logo files, variants & history · SVG, PNG · updated 29 days ago
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Brand profile
About IKEA
Home furnishings retailer
IKEA is a multinational group founded in Sweden that designs and sells ready-to-assemble furniture and household goods. Ingvar Kamprad founded it in 1943; the name combines the initials of Ingvar Kamprad, Elmtaryd, the farm where he grew up, and Agunnaryd, his home parish in Småland.
The IKEA brand is owned and managed by Inter IKEA Systems B.V., a company based in the Netherlands, and IKEA stores operate under franchise from it. IKEA’s operational hub is in Älmhult, Sweden, where the first IKEA store opened on 28 October 1958.
The IKEA logo sets the name in capitals inside an oval within a rectangle, in blue and yellow. The IKEA Museum traces it from 1940s lettering through hand-drawn versions of the 1950s to the oval-and-frame design of the 1960s, and dates the logo’s current form to a 2018 update.
Available in this archive
IKEA logo files at a glance
IKEA has 6 downloadable files in SVG, PNG in this archive. 1 logo record is catalogued; that is not the number of verified redesigns.
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Browse recorded formats and variants for IKEA. Source formats appear first, followed by raster sizes.
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Brand heritage
Logo history & brand milestones
One logo record is catalogued. The milestones below are dated separately from it.
The development of the IKEA logotype from 1943 to its 2018 update, as described by the IKEA Museum, with company facts from Wikipedia and IKEA. Company and product dates are labelled separately from design changes.
Logo milestone · 1951
Sandströms, a design and print agency in Sundsvall, made the first hand-drawn sketches of a new IKEA logo, with a cloud and the company name in capitals. The words “Kvalitetsgaranti” (quality guarantee) first appeared with IKEA that year, on the first home furnishing catalogue, and were dropped a year later. [2]
Logo milestone · 1952
Gillis Lundgren, IKEA’s head of advertising, redesigned the Sandströms version. The word group was set diagonally and in capitals only. [2]
Logo milestone · 1962
Production designer Gillis Nilsson stripped back and standardised the logo. The accent above the E was removed in 1962, the lettering was redrawn by hand, the diagonal became horizontal, and IKEA was placed inside an oval framed by a rectangle, in black and white. [2]
Logo milestone · 1977
After the words MÖBEL and ÄLMHULT were dropped from the logo, the 1977 catalogue carried the IKEA wordmark on its own for the first time. [2]
Visual identity milestone · 1984
IKEA’s first visual profile manual set out the use of IKEA as a trademark and as a wordmark. Around this time the trademark was registered (®). [2]
Visual identity milestone · 1991
From 1991 IKEA built only blue stores with the yellow IKEA wordmark on the facade. [2]
Logo milestone · 2018
IKEA updated the logo to improve legibility and consistent colour reproduction on digital screens. The IKEA Museum states that the logo had not been revamped since the 1980s. [2]
Research sources
- IKEA ↗ · Wikipedia · accessed 2026-09-25
- History of the IKEA logotype ↗ · IKEA Museum · accessed 2026-09-25
- The IKEA logo – history and design ↗ · IKEA · accessed 2026-09-25
Compiled 2026-09-25 by AI-assisted source review. Each statement links its sources; an editor has not yet independently confirmed them.
Dates not verifiedStatus unverified
IKEA logo Monochrome rendition · Community reproduction
Monochrome community vector reproduction from Simple Icons. The SVG is a sanitized drawing copy and PNGs are generated renditions, not official press-kit masters. The collection date is not the logo’s introduction date.
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- IKEA logo Monochrome rendition · Community reproduction (this page)
Colour sample
Rendition colours
Black (primary sample)Primary
- HEX
- #000000
- RGB
- 0, 0, 0
Text contrast on white21:1 · AAA
Text contrast on near-black1.11:1 · Fail
Colour recorded with the Simple Icons community reproduction. It is not an owner-published colour specification. See other black logos →
Design context
Logo design & typography notes
The IKEA Museum distinguishes the logotype, with its oval and frame, from the wordmark, which is the name IKEA used without them, as on store fronts and flags.
According to the IKEA Museum, the logo had appeared in black and white, red and white, and blue and yellow before the 1980s, and the red and white version was kept in Scandinavia for many years.
IKEA says the blue and yellow of its logo support instant recognition of the brand and its Swedish heritage.
From the researched record (AI-assisted source review); see research sources.
Researched typography noteThe IKEA Museum says the letters of the 1965 logo were drawn with an in-house typeface based on an extra-bold Futura. IKEA says small serifs were added to the extra-bold Futura letters so that their outline would not look fuzzy in newspaper printing.
Logo lettering can differ from a brand’s corporate typefaces.
Reference
Frequently asked
Who designed the IKEA logo?
1951 IKEA logo sketches with a cloud (1951) is credited to Sandströms (agency). 1952 redesign of the IKEA logo (1952) is credited to Gillis Lundgren. Standardised IKEA logo of the 1960s (1962) is credited to Gillis Nilsson. The designer of the specific file version shown on this page is not recorded. [2]
Can I use the IKEA logo?
Download for identification, news and comparison. Commercial use needs the owner's permission. This page never grants a licence. Always check the owner's brand guidelines.
When did IKEA change its logo?
1951: Sandströms, a design and print agency in Sundsvall, made the first hand-drawn sketches of a new IKEA logo, with a cloud and the company name in capitals. The words “Kvalitetsgaranti” (quality guarantee) first appeared with IKEA that year, on the first home furnishing catalogue, and were dropped a year later. 1952: Gillis Lundgren, IKEA’s head of advertising, redesigned the Sandströms version. The word group was set diagonally and in capitals only. 1962: Production designer Gillis Nilsson stripped back and standardised the logo. The accent above the E was removed in 1962, the lettering was redrawn by hand, the diagonal became horizontal, and IKEA was placed inside an oval framed by a rectangle, in black and white. 1977: After the words MÖBEL and ÄLMHULT were dropped from the logo, the 1977 catalogue carried the IKEA wordmark on its own for the first time. 2018: IKEA updated the logo to improve legibility and consistent colour reproduction on digital screens. The IKEA Museum states that the logo had not been revamped since the 1980s. [2]
What file formats are available for the IKEA logo in this archive?
Available file formats: SVG, PNG. Dimensions, source and usage conditions are listed for each file below.
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Same industry
More Home & Furniture logos
Listed because the archive records the same industry, Sweden first.
Provenance
Source & evidence
Simple Icons community reproduction (github.com/simple-icons/simple-icons · icons/ikea.svg), checked by an AI-assisted process; an editor has not reviewed it.
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Technical provenance
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- Source
- github.com/simple-icons/simple-icons · icons/ikea.svg
- Source date
- 2026-09-08
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- Community vector reproduction; not an official master
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SimilarLogo. “IKEA logo record.” Updated 2026-09-25. https://similarlogo.com/brand/ikea/
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2026-09-08IKEA: source-attributed artwork and PNG/SVG renditions added.
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