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...

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...

Lego founder Ole Kirk Christiansen. Kristiansen was born 27 December 1947 in Billund, Denmark. His father, Godtfred Kirk Christiansen, worked with his...

Kirk Kristiansen, the granddaughter of Godtfred Kirk Christiansen and great-granddaughter of the company founder Ole Kirk Christiansen. "Agnete Kirk Thinggaard"...

several similar designs to avoid competition. Ole Kirk Christiansen died that same year, and Godtfred inherited the leadership of the company. Another...

Kristiansen, granddaughter of Godtfred Kirk Christiansen, and great-granddaughter of the company founder Ole Kirk Christiansen. As of 2022, the family is...

founded in Billund. 1916: Ole Kirk Christiansen purchases the small woodworking shop in Billund. 1920: Godtfred Kirk Christiansen is born. 1924: Ole's shop...

Christiansen family. Billund Church is part of the Billund Centre and a branch church of Grene Parish. It was conceived by Godtfred Kirk Christiansen...

the experiences of the Kirk Kristiansen family. This includes Ole Kirk Christiansen, Godtfred Kirk Christiansen and Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen. They all took...

Christiansen (1889–1955), Danish wrestler Gerner Christiansen (1928–2006), Danish canoer Glen Christiansen (born 1957), Swedish swimmer Godtfred Kirk...

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...

1993 – Davey Allison, American race car driver (b. 1961) 1995 – Godtfred Kirk Christiansen, Danish businessman (b. 1920) 1996 – Pandro S. Berman, American...

and politician, 4th President of West Germany (d. 2016) 1920 – Godtfred Kirk Christiansen, Danish businessman (d. 1995) 1921 – John Money, New Zealand psychologist...

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...

family Ole Kirk Christiansen Godtfred Kirk Christiansen Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen Thomas Kirk Kristiansen Sofie Kirk Kristiansen Agnete Kirk Thinggaard Notable...

toys, two sons of Lego founder Ole Kirk Christiansen, Karl Georg and Gerhardt (brothers of Godtfred Kirk Christiansen), decided to leave the Lego company...

Group, Godtfred Kirk Christiansen, established a private 800-meter long runway and hangar north of his factory in Billund. With Christiansen as a key...

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...

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...

the first injection moulding machines in 1947.: 10  One son, Godtfred Kirk Christiansen (GKC), was named the managing director of the family business...

family Ole Kirk Christiansen Godtfred Kirk Christiansen Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen Thomas Kirk Kristiansen Sofie Kirk Kristiansen Agnete Kirk Thinggaard Notable...

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...

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...

family Ole Kirk Christiansen Godtfred Kirk Christiansen Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen Thomas Kirk Kristiansen Sofie Kirk Kristiansen Agnete Kirk Thinggaard Notable...

architects. The committee consisted of: Lone Wiggers (chair), Carsten Juel-Christiansen, Malene Hauxner, Lars Juel Thiis and Kent Martinussen. The committee...

were killed. Godtfred Kirk Christiansen filed the first patent for the invention developed by himself and his father, Ole Kirk Christiansen, the popular...

footballer. Devyani Chaubal, 52–53, Indian journalist and columnist. Godtfred Kirk Christiansen, 75, Danish toy manufacturer and managing director of Lego. Bilge...

Occupation Model designer Known for The first Master Builder in the Lego Group. Relatives Ole Kirk Kristiansen (uncle) Godtfred Kirk Christiansen (cousin)...

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...

bladtegner 1984: Christian Rovsing, ingeniør og erhvervsleder 1983: Godtfred Kirk Christiansen, businessman 1982: Mogens Frohn Nielsen, captain and educator...