Search results
In 1950, Christiansen's son Godtfred was named junior managing director and the company spent the next decade focusing on the development of the plastic brick, which was modified from a self-locking building brick invented by Hilary Fisher Page.
Godtfred Kirk Christiansen (8 July 1920 – 13 July 1995) was the managing director of The Lego 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 the sole owner. Godtfred is credited with playing a pivotal role in the development of the Lego ...
Apr 11, 2022 · Godtfred Kirk Christiansen, son of LEGO founder Ole Kirk Christiansen. As the LEGO Group celebrates its 90 th anniversary, it’s reassuring to know that the family who founded it were not just...
Godtfred Kirk Christiansen, the third of Ole Kirk Kristiansen’s five children, becomes the second-generation owner of the LEGO Group. He is an active player right from the outset of the company history.
Godtfred Kirk Christiansen (July 8, 1920 – July 13, 1995) was the third son of Ole Kirk Christiansen, the founder of the LEGO Group. He was married to Edith Kirk Christiansen. Godtfred and Edith had three children, Gunhild Kirk Johansen, Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen and Hanne Christiansen.
The LEGO Group was founded in 1932 by Ole Kirk Kristiansen. The company has since passed from generation to generation and is to this day still owned by the Kirk Kristiansen family. Visit the LEGO History website.
His father, Godtfred Kirk Christiansen, worked with his grandfather, Ole Kirk Christiansen, in the family business: Lego. As a child, he often inspired and tested new model concepts and their building instructions. [3]
Aug 24, 2022 · Christiansen’s son Godtfred joined in his father’s business, and together they produced many toy designs such as ferries, vehicles, aeroplanes and buses in high quality, painted birch wood that was beautifully packaged.
Apr 4, 2019 · Hailed as the “Toy of the Century,” the plastic Lego bricks that make up the Lego System of Play were invented by Ole Kirk Christiansen, a master carpenter, and his son, Godtfred Kirk.
Ole Kirk Kristiansen is born April 7, 1891. His birthplace is Omvraa Mark in Filskov parish 20 kilometers northwest of Billund. He has 12 siblings, and in his memoirs Ole Kirk later recalls his childhood home: “We grew up – all of us – in a modest home but a good home, trusting in the mercy of God.”
