In connection with the inauguration of IKEA Haparanda-Tornio, Ingvar Kamprad donated 1 million SEK per year throughout the period 2007-2016 to fund an annual event, Barents Reunion. Other financiers have joined the project. The purpose is to promote cooperation between the five peoples of the Barents Region.Barents Reunion is an annual event in Haparanda-Tornio to promote cooperation between the five peoples of the Barents Region, which comprises Sápmi ,Russia (Murmansk Oblast), Norway (Nordland, Tromsø, Finnmark), Finland (Lappi) and Sweden (Norrbotten). It is a convention on different themes specifically targeting enterprise, education, the labour market, energy and the environment, as well as culture and sport.