Lego

By kai4890

  • Beginning

    Ole Kirk Christiansen is born

  • woodwork

    Ole Kirk Christiansen purchases the small woodworking shop in Billund.Denmark

  • son

    Godtfred Kirk Christiansen is born

  • FIRE!!!

    Ole Kirk's shop burns down when a fire ignites some wood shavings. Ole Kirk builds a larger workshop, renting out most of the space, and using the rest for his own shop.

  • Nearly Bankrupt

    Ole Kirk Christiansen's shop nearly goes bankrupt . With a lack of normal carpentry jobs, Ole Kirk starts producing toys, many of which were wooden pull toys.

  • Lego

    The company name Lego is coined by Christiansen from the Danish phrase leg godt, meaning "play well". Coincidentally, "Lego" also means "I assemble" in Latin.

  • sons creation

    Godtfred Kirk Christiansen starts creating models.

  • Company grows

    The company grows to 10 employees.

  • FIRE!!! AGAIN!!! FIRE!!!

    A fire breaks out in the factory, forcing the company to rebuild.

  • Company Grows

    The company grows to 40 employees.

  • Looks quite familier

    Ole Kirk purchases the first plastic moulding machine in Denmark, and the company begins manufacturing plastic toys. The Christiansens are inspired by samples of the "Kiddicraft Self-Locking Building Brick", a design patented by the Briton Mr. Harry Fisher Page.

  • Another son

    December 27 - Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen is born.

  • Company Grows again

    The company grows to 50 employees.

  • Automatic Binding Bricks

    1949: Lego begins producing similar plastic bricks, calling them Automatic Binding Bricks.

  • Lego Bricks

    Automatic Binding Bricks are renamed Lego Bricks

  • The word Lego

    The word Lego is officially registered in Denmark.

  • Junior Managing Director

    Godtfred Kirk Christiansen becomes junior managing director of Lego, and soon has the idea to turn Lego bricks into a toy system.

  • Locks Better

    The Lego brick design is improved to allow better versatility and locking ability.

  • Company Grows

    The company grows to 140 employees.

  • Death

    Ole Kirk Dies,Godtfred inherits leadership of the Lego Company.

  • Wooden toys. No More

    Production of wooden toys is discontinued; the company changes its focus to the plastic building bricks.

  • Fire Destroys

    Another warehouse fire consumes most of Lego inventory of wooden toys.

  • End of Year suprise

    the company grows to 450 employees

  • Grows again

    The company grows to more than 600 employees.

  • 1,000 employees

    The company grows to 1,000 employees.