Lennart Dahlgren was the first general manager of IKEA in Russia. He is now retired and lives in Sweden, with two grown up daughters and Swedish wife. He cannot give up caring about IKEA in Russia and always defends Russia in all kinds of discussions. He longs to visit Moscow again, especially when bored.

Lennart published his first book translated into Russian in 2010, called “Despite Absurdity: How I Conquered Russia While It Conquered Me.”