• Ole Kirk Christiansen (born Ole Kirk Kristiansen; 7 April 1891 – 11 March 1958) was a Danish carpenter. In 1932, he founded the construction toy company...
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    of Lego founder Ole Kirk Christiansen. Kristiansen was born 27 December 1947 in Billund, Denmark. His father, Godtfred Kirk Christiansen, worked with his...
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  • Group from 1957 to 1973. He was the third son of company founder Ole Kirk Christiansen and took over as managing director in 1957, eventually becoming...
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  • Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen, granddaughter of Godtfred Kirk Christiansen and great-granddaughter of the company founder Ole Kirk Christiansen. "Agnete Kirk Thinggaard"...
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  • Lego began in 1932 in the carpentry workshop of Ole Kirk Christiansen, a Danish carpenter. He initially produced furniture but later started making wooden...
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  • Kristiansen, granddaughter of Godtfred Kirk Christiansen, and great-granddaughter of the company founder Ole Kirk Christiansen. As of 2022, the family is considered...
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    numerous retail stores. The company was founded on 10 August 1932, by Ole Kirk Christiansen. The name Lego is derived from the Danish phrase leg godt, meaning...
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  • the experiences of the Kirk Kristiansen family. This includes Ole Kirk Christiansen, Godtfred Kirk Christiansen and Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen. They all took...
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    Vejle to Billund and later extended to Grindsted in 1914. In 1916, Ole Kirk Christiansen, who later founded The Lego Group, bought Billund Machine Joinery...
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    Filskov Kro (Filskov Inn) is located in the eastern part of the town. Ole Kirk Christiansen (1891–1958), founder of The Lego Group. "BY1: Population 1. January...
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    developed under the brand. The Lego Group began in the workshop of Ole Kirk Christiansen (1891–1958), a carpenter from Billund, Denmark, who began making...
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    executive chairman. He was the second person from outside the family of Ole Kirk Christiansen to lead the company (the first one being Vagn Holck Andersen between...
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    toys, two sons of Lego founder Ole Kirk Christiansen, Karl Georg and Gerhardt (brothers of Godtfred Kirk Christiansen), decided to leave the Lego company...
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    Billund. 1916: Ole Kirk Christiansen purchases the small woodworking shop in Billund. 1920: Godtfred Kirk Christiansen is born. 1924: Ole's shop burns down...
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  • violinist Ole Kirk Christiansen, Danish businessman, founder of the Lego Group Ole Ernst, Danish actor Ole Espersen, Danish politician Ole Evinrude, Norwegian-born...
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  • Nils Christiansen (1913–1988), Filipino swimmer Nina Christiansen (born 1964), Danish runner Olaf Christiansen (1901–1984), American composer Ole Kirk Christiansen...
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  • Kristiansen Sofie Kirk Kristiansen, Thomas Kirk Kristiansen, Agnete Kirk Thinggaard, Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen (Ole Kirk Christiansen 25.5 (2024) The Lego...
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    up of millions of plastic Lego bricks. The Lego company, led by Ole Kirk Christiansen, introduced plastic toys alongside their existing wooden toy line...
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  • inventor Ward Christensen (born 1945), U.S. – Bulletin board system Ole Kirk Christiansen (1891–1958), Denmark – Creator of Lego Samuel Hunter Christie (1784–1865)...
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  • London lists the bricks among the "must-have toys" of the 1940s. Ole Kirk Christiansen and his son Godtfred became aware of the Kiddicraft brick after...
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  • Kristiansen family Ole Kirk Christiansen Godtfred Kirk Christiansen Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen Thomas Kirk Kristiansen Sofie Kirk Kristiansen Agnete Kirk Thinggaard...
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  • Chilean Roman Catholic holy figure and blessed (d. 1904) April 7 Ole Kirk Christiansen, Danish founder of The Lego Group (d. 1958) Minoru Ōta, Japanese...
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  • Kristiansen family Ole Kirk Christiansen Godtfred Kirk Christiansen Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen Thomas Kirk Kristiansen Sofie Kirk Kristiansen Agnete Kirk Thinggaard...
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  • Stoneman Douglas, American journalist and activist (d. 1998) 1891 – Ole Kirk Christiansen, Danish businessman, founded the Lego Group (d. 1958) 1892 – Julius...
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  • Indies Elsebeth Budolfsen (1947–), pharmacist and business executive Ole Kirk Christiansen (1891–1958), inventor of Lego Johan Frederik Classen (1725–1792)...
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  • Handlers truly had their finger on the pulse of American society. 18 Ole Kirk Christiansen (1891–1958) Founder of Lego. Inducted, 1990 19 Edward P. Parker...
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  • Billund Municipality Stadium is located at Blåbjergvej 1, 7200. Ole Kirk Christiansen (1891 in Filskov, near Grindsted – 1958): a Danish carpenter; in...
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  • 6 – Anton Reinthaller, Austrian politician (b. 1895) March 11 – Ole Kirk Christiansen, Danish businessman, founder of The Lego Group (b. 1891) March 12...
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    Swiss production facilities closed in 2005. The founder of Lego, Ole Kirk Christiansen, discovered an office building of Kenwood AG on a large property...
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    Merlin Entertainments. LEGO bricks were invented by Danish carpenter Ole Kirk Christiansen in 1958. The first Legoland Discovery Centre was opened in Berlin...
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