toy. Godtfred stepped down as Leader of the company in 1973. His son Kjeld Kirk Christiansen became president in 1979. Godtfred Kirk Christiansen was born...
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death in 1958, the company's management was handed over to his son, Godtfred. Christiansen was born on 7 April 1891 in Omvraa Mark, Filskov, South Jutland...
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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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Kirk Kristiansen, the granddaughter of Godtfred Kirk Christiansen and great-granddaughter of the company founder Ole Kirk Christiansen. "Agnete Kirk Thinggaard"...
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Strømberg, Oslo, under the corporate name Norske LEGIO A/S. In 1954, Godtfred Kirk Christiansen became the junior managing director of the Lego Group. His conversation...
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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...
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founded in Billund. 1916: Ole Kirk Christiansen purchases the small woodworking shop in Billund. 1920: Godtfred Kirk Christiansen is born. 1924: Ole's shop...
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Christiansen family. Billund Church is part of the Billund Centre and a branch church of Grene Parish. It was conceived by Godtfred Kirk Christiansen...
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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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Christiansen (1889–1955), Danish wrestler Gerner Christiansen (1928–2006), Danish canoer Glen Christiansen (born 1957), Swedish swimmer Godtfred Kirk...
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from each generation as its active owner. After the death of Godtfred Kirk Christiansen, his son Kjeld took over. Kirkbi also serves as an investment...
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1993 – Davey Allison, American race car driver (b. 1961) 1995 – Godtfred Kirk Christiansen, Danish businessman (b. 1920) 1996 – Pandro S. Berman, American...
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and politician, 4th President of West Germany (d. 2016) 1920 – Godtfred Kirk Christiansen, Danish businessman (d. 1995) 1921 – John Money, New Zealand psychologist...
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family Ole Kirk Christiansen Godtfred Kirk Christiansen Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen Thomas Kirk Kristiansen Sofie Kirk Kristiansen Agnete Kirk Thinggaard Notable...
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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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grandparents' golden wedding anniversary. The film was later shown to Godtfred Kirk Christiansen, who had a personal copy made, though the film was not released...
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Group, Godtfred Kirk Christiansen, established a private 800-meter long runway and hangar north of his factory in Billund. With Christiansen as a key...
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eventually settled on a 2:1 scale. In 1968, second-generation owner Godtfred Kirk Christiansen provided the idea of hollowing out the studs on the Duplo bricks...
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2008 –– exactly 50 years after the time when the founder's son, Godtfred Kirk Christiansen, filed a patent for the iconic plastic bricks in 1958. Measuring...
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the first injection moulding machines in 1947.: 10 One son, Godtfred Kirk Christiansen (GKC), was named the managing director of the family business...
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family Ole Kirk Christiansen Godtfred Kirk Christiansen Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen Thomas Kirk Kristiansen Sofie Kirk Kristiansen Agnete Kirk Thinggaard Notable...
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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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children's toys, due in part to the high standards set by Ole Kirk. By 1954, Christiansen's son, Godtfred, had become the junior managing director of the Lego...
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family Ole Kirk Christiansen Godtfred Kirk Christiansen Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen Thomas Kirk Kristiansen Sofie Kirk Kristiansen Agnete Kirk Thinggaard Notable...
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architects. The committee consisted of: Lone Wiggers (chair), Carsten Juel-Christiansen, Malene Hauxner, Lars Juel Thiis and Kent Martinussen. The committee...
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were killed. Godtfred Kirk Christiansen filed the first patent for the invention developed by himself and his father, Ole Kirk Christiansen, the popular...
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footballer. Devyani Chaubal, 52–53, Indian journalist and columnist. Godtfred Kirk Christiansen, 75, Danish toy manufacturer and managing director of Lego. Bilge...
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Occupation Model designer Known for The first Master Builder in the Lego Group. Relatives Ole Kirk Kristiansen (uncle) Godtfred Kirk Christiansen (cousin)...
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the bricks among the "must-have toys" of the 1940s. Ole Kirk Christiansen and his son Godtfred became aware of the Kiddicraft brick after examining a sample...
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bladtegner 1984: Christian Rovsing, ingeniør og erhvervsleder 1983: Godtfred Kirk Christiansen, businessman 1982: Mogens Frohn Nielsen, captain and educator...
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