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HEMA

Dutch discount retail chain
Organization acronym Q903805
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Summary

HEMA is an acronym[1]. HEMA draws 1,600 Wikipedia views per month (acronym category, ranking #26 of 41).[2]

Key Facts

  • Field of work: retail[3], product design[4]
  • Award received: Sikkens Prize[5]
  • Country: Germany[6], Netherlands[7], Belgium[8], Luxembourg[9], France[10], Spain[11], United Kingdom[12]
  • Instance of: department store chain[13], retail chain[14], brick and mortar[15]
  • Founder: Arthur Isaac[16], Leo Meyer[17]
  • Headquarters location: IJsselstein[18], Essen[19]
  • Commons category: HEMA[20]
  • Industry: retail[21]
  • Inception: November 4, 1926[22]
  • Location of formation: Amsterdam[23]
  • Mascot: Takkie[24]
  • Official website: https://www.hema.nl[25], https://www.hema.com/[26]
  • Described by source: Designers in Nederland. Een eeuw productvormgeving[27]
  • Nominated for: Dutch Design Award 'Communication'[28], Dutch Design Award 'Best Commissioning'[29]
  • Official name: Hollandse Eenheidsprijzen Maatschappij Amsterdam[30]
  • Legal form: besloten vennootschap[31]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: NADD Wikidata project[32], Scheepvaartmuseum Wikidataproject[33], NADD creators[34]
  • Has works in the collection: Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen[35], National Museum of World Cultures[36], Stedelijk Museum Zutphen[37], Netherlands Open Air Museum[38], Liemers Museum[39], Gelders Schuttersmuseum[40], Design Museum Den Bosch[41], Centraal Museum[42], Het Scheepvaartmuseum[43]
  • Social media followers: 59,163[44], 59,152[45], 58,701[46], 58,869[47]
  • Location information URL: https://winkels.hema.nl/[48], https://be-magasins.hema.com/fr[49], https://be-winkels.hema.com/nl[50], https://filialen.hema.com/de[51], https://magasins.hema.com/fr[52]

Why It Matters

HEMA has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[53] HEMA is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[54]

FAQs

What awards did HEMA receive?

Honors received include Sikkens Prize[5].

Related Entities

Belgium France Germany Luxembourg Netherlands Spain United Kingdom

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [53] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [54] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 21d ago · ~2026-51475-80 · 2026-09-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Untappd brewery id → 344897
    Headquarters location → IJsselstein, Essen
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Headquarters location: IJsselstein"
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