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Ole Kirk Christiansen

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Ole Kirk Christiansen (7 April 1891 – 11 March 1958) was the founder of the Danish construction toy company The Lego Group. [1]

9 relations: Billund, Denmark, Carpentry, Construction set, Denmark, Godtfred Kirk Christiansen, Great Depression, Jutland, Southern Jutland, The Lego Group.

Billund, Denmark

Billund is a small town in Jutland, Denmark, most notable as the home of the Lego Group head office.

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Carpentry

Carpentry is a skilled trade in which the primary work performed is the cutting, shaping and installation of building materials during the construction of buildings, ships, timber bridges, concrete formwork, etc.

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Construction set

A construction set is a set of standardized pieces that allow for the construction of a variety of different models.

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Denmark

Denmark (Danmark), officially the Kingdom of Denmark,Kongeriget Danmark,.

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Godtfred Kirk Christiansen

Godtfred Kirk Christiansen (July 8, 1920 – June 13, 1995) was the managing director of The Lego Group from 1957 to 1979.

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Great Depression

The Great Depression was a severe worldwide economic depression that took place mostly during the 1930s, beginning in the United States.

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Jutland

Jutland (Jylland; Jütland), also known as the Cimbric or Cimbrian Peninsula (Cimbricus Chersonesus; Den Kimbriske Halvø; Kimbrische Halbinsel), is a peninsula of Northern Europe that forms the continental portion of Denmark and part of northern Germany.

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Southern Jutland

Southern Jutland (Sønderjylland) is the name for the region south of the Kongeå in Jutland, Denmark and north of the Eider (river) in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

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The Lego Group

Lego System A/S, doing business as The Lego Group (stylised as The LEGO Group), is a Danish family-owned company based in Billund, Denmark.

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Redirects here:

Ole Christiansen, Ole Kirk Kristiansen.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ole_Kirk_Christiansen

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