Lego: The History Of Lego

To begin I will tell the history of Lego. Master carpenter Ole Kirk Kristiansen opens the doors of his business in 1932, in the village of Billund, Denmark. He made stepladders, ironing boards, stools and wooden toys. His son, Godtfred Kirk Christiansen, started to work in the business at the age of 12. In 1934, Ole Kirk Kristiansen Company and his products now adopt the name LEGO, formed from the Danish words "LEg GOdt" ("play well"). After some time, they realized that in Latin the word "LEg GOdt" means, "I put together". At this time, the company also has 6-7 employees. In 1935, the business creates its first LEGO wooden duck and markets “Kirk´s Sand game” first construction toy. In 1936, Godtfred Kirk Christiansen takes Ole Kirk 's motto

The first Lego World Show happens in Denmark in 1981. In 1982, the Lego Group celebrates 50 years of business. In 1983, the Lego Group has 3700 employees worldwide. The Lego Prize is made in April being worth DDK 750,000 in 1985 and then 1,000,000 in 1989. The Lego Group is honored with the title of “Purveyor to Her Majesty the Queen" on April 16, 1986. Also in this time, Godtfred Kirk resigns as chairman of the board of Lego and Kjeld Kirk takes over the

In 1992 a Guinness record is set for 545 meters of Lego rails in a construction line set and the world’s largest Lego Castle is built on Swedish television. In 1994, Lego launches their first ever TV campaign in China and the Lego Group has a total of 8,880 employees worldwide. In 1995, Godtfred Kirk passes away on the 13th of July. In 1996, the first Lego website is launched with the domain name of www.lego.com. In 1997, there is a Lego set that has a CD-ROM with building instructions burnt onto it with a programmable bar-code reader and a bar-code truck. in 1998, the Lego Group presents their new brand statement “Just Imagine…”. They also face their first ever deficit along with having to recall all of the LEGO PRIMO Ladybird rattle for risk of small children choking on