-
Ole Kirk Kristensen starts his carpeting buisnnes, making step ladders, stools, and wooden toys
-
Period: to
Lego, Beginning to Present day
-
The name LEGO is adopted by the company, which in Danish mean s play well and in Latin "I put together"
-
The LEGO company makes the first LEGO wooden duck
-
The LEGO factory burns to the ground, but the buisines is soon put back into production
-
Company buys Plastic molding machine and becomes the first to have one in Denmark
-
LEGO is now producing 200 different toys, one of which is the Automatic Binding Brick, a forerunner for the modern brick
-
3 sets containing the bricks are realeased
-
Company gives the product the name LEGO Mursten (LEGO Brick)
-
The wooden toy factory burns down, and the companies gets rid of wood toy production entirely
-
Godfred Kirk Kristensen, son of Ole, creates the ten product characteristics
-
LEGO is now sold in 42 countries, including America
-
The first LEGOLAND is opened in Billund on June 7
-
The DUPLO series is launched
