Åhléns
Sign in to savethumb|250x250px|Åhléns City in Stockholm are one of the biggest department stores in Sweden. thumb|Åhléns in Kristianstad. Åhléns () is a chain of Swedish department stores. With locations in almost every city in the country, including 18 in Stockholm alone , it is the fourth largest group of fashion stores in Sweden.
Key facts
- Company.genre
- Department store
- Company.founded
- in Insjön, Leksand, Sweden
- Company.founder
- Johan Petter ÅhlénErik Holm
- Company.hq_location
- Stockholm, Sweden
via Wikipedia infobox
Key dates
- Inception
- 1 January 1899
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Wikidata facts
- Country
- Sweden
- Founded by
- Johan Petter Åhlén
- Headquarters
- Stockholm
- Industry
- retail
- Legal form
- aktiebolag
- Official website
- www.ahlens.se
via Wikidata · CC0
Article
3 sectionsContents
- History
- References
- External links
thumb|250x250px|Åhléns City in Stockholm are one of the biggest department stores in Sweden. thumb|Åhléns in Kristianstad. Åhléns () is a chain of Swedish department stores. With locations in almost every city in the country, including 18 in Stockholm alone , it is the fourth largest group of fashion stores in Sweden.
== History == Åhléns began as a mail order business. It was created in 1899 by Johan Petter Åhlén and Erik Holm, in the little town of Insjön in the province of Dalarna. The name of the company was first "Åhlén och Holm" (Åhlén and Holm).