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Article: OBITUARY : Godtfried Kirk Christiansen
The Independent - London;  July 24, 1995 ;     700+ words ... ... the period 1949 to 1990. Godtfred Kirk Christiansen helped to develop the Lego Group ... pronounced Leego) was founded by Ole Kirk Christiansen in 1932 when his business as a local ... only on alternate days. It was Ole Kirk Christiansen who after the Second World War became ...

Article: During the Depression, Ole Kirk Christiansen, a ...
Belfast Telegraph;  June 27, 2009 ;     328 words ...During the Depression, Ole Kirk Christiansen, a carpenter, experimented with building blocks. He chose the name Lego from the Danish phrase leg godt, meaning 'play well ...

Article: Christiansen, Ole Kirk
Encyclopedia of World Biography;      700+ words ...Ole Kirk Christiansen Danish toymaker Ole Kirk Christiansen (1891-1958) founded The LEGO Group, one of ... together. In 1958, Christiansen's son Godtred Kirk Christiansen devised a radical innovation in the design for each ...

Article: Lego A/S
International Directory of Company Histories;      700+ words ... ... the family of founder Ole Kirk Christiansen. Rough Beginnings The Lego ... created in 1932 when Ole Kirk Christiansen, a Danish carpenter, decided ... toy factory in 1942, Ole Kirk Christiansen decided to rebuild his enterprise ...

Article: KIDS' ASK
Post-Tribune (IN);  September 9, 1992 ;     341 words ... ... Q.Who invented Legos? A.Ole Kirk Christiansen began the Lego toy system in 1932 ... created by Ole's son, Godtfred Kirk Christiansen. Today Ole's grandson, Kjeld Kirk Christiansen, runs the Lego company, the fourth ...

Article: LEGO Group Marks 50 years of Creative Play: ''Town Plan,'' ...
Business Wire;  May 9, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... LEGO System At the 1954 Toy Fair, a buyer told Godtfred Kirk Christiansen (GKC), LEGO Group managing director and son of company ... guided by the motto adopted in the 1930s by founder Ole Kirk Christiansen: "Only the best is good enough." The National Trust ...

Article: Lego Co. Pays Michigan Native to Build Toy ...
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  August 13, 1997 ;     700+ words ... ... wooden toys that eventually would make him famous. Ole Kirk Christiansen called his toys Lego, a contraction of the Danish words ... play well. The company is now run by his grandson, Kjeld Kirk Christiansen. Zimmerle is the youngest of the 10 American Lego masters ...