Ole Kirk's Foundation, a charitable foundation in Denmark was established in his memory
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Ole Kirk Christiansen
Ole Kirk Christiansen was a Danish carpenter. In 1932, he founded the construction toy company Lego, later known as the Lego Group. Christiansen transformed his small woodworking shop, which initially sold household products, into a manufacturer of wooden toys. By 1934, he had officially named the company Lego and established its fundamental principles. The business shifted to producing plastic br…
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business · Founder of The Lego Group (1891–1958) · carpenter · entrepreneur · founder · designer · also Ole Kirk Christiansen, Ole Kirk Kristiansen, Christiansen
Born 7 April 1891 · Died 11 March 1958 · Q364571
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1958· 2 entries
Died 1958-03-11.
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The company's management was handed over to his son, Godtfred
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1950· 1 entry
Christiansen's son Godtfred was named Junior Managing Director and the company spent the next decade focusing on the development of the plastic brick, which was modified from a self-locking building brick invented by Hil
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1947· 1 entry
The Lego company was the first toy manufacturer in Denmark to purchase a plastic injection moulding machine, which was so expensive that it cost more than twice the previous year's profits
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1944· 1 entry
His new factory now incorporated an assembly line
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1932· 1 entry
Founded the construction toy company Lego, later known as the Lego Group
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1924· 2 entries
With two stone lions placed at its entrance
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Christiansen's business was almost destroyed when his sons, Karl Georg and Godtfred, caused a fire to break out by accidentally setting fire to wood shavings in the workshop while trying to light a hot glue machine
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1916· 1 entry
Christiansen returned to Denmark and settled in Billund
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1911· 1 entry
After his apprenticeship, he served in the military and studied at Haslev Technical School
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1905· 1 entry
When Christiansen was 14, he began working as an apprentice for his older brother, Kristian Bonde Christiansen
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1891· 1 entry
Born 1891-04-07.
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