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'{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2011}} {{moresources|date=September 2017}} {{Infobox person |name = Ole Kirk Christiansen |birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1891|4|07}} |birth_place = Filskov, [[Southern Jutland|South Jutland]], [[Denmark]] |death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1958|03|11|1891|04|07}} |death_place = [[Billund, Denmark]] |spouse = Kirstine Christiansen<br/>(m. 1916–1932; her death) |children = 4 (including [[Godtfred Kirk Christiansen|Godtfred]]) |known_for = Founding the [[The Lego Group|Lego company]]. |occupation = [[Carpenter]] }} '''Ole Kirk Christiansen''' (7 April 1891 &ndash; 11 March 1958) was the founder of the [[Denmark|Danish]] [[construction toy]] company [[the Lego Group|the LEGO Group]]. Christiansen was born in [[:da:Filskov|Filskov, South Jutland]], Denmark, the 10th son of an impoverished family in [[Jutland]]. {{cn|date=September 2017}} He trained as a [[carpenter]] and started making wooden toys in 1932 to make a living after having lost his job during the depression. Soon after, his wife, Kirstine, died, leaving him to raise his four sons. Christiansen was inspired to construct a small wooden duck toy for his children. He never remarried. He soon learned his sons loved the new toy and decided to put the ducks into production, using the leftover wood from his old business.{{cn|date=September 2017}} In 1942, a fire broke out at the factory forcing them to rebuild. Initially, he made miniature versions of the houses and furniture as he worked on as a carpenter, but in 1947 moved to using plastics, which were originally small plastic bears and rattles . By 1949 he had produced over 200 plastic and wooden toys.{{cn|date=September 2017}} Ole Kirk Christiansen came up with the name ''LEGO'' from the Danish words ''leg godt'', meaning "play well", and the company grew to become the [[The Lego Group|LEGO Group]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/bllego.htm|title=Timeline: Lego Group|publisher=Inventors.about.com|author=Mary Bellis|date=1 May 1954|accessdate=30 May 2011}}</ref> On 11 March 1958, Christiansen died from a heart attack when he was 69 years old, and his third son [[Godtfred Kirk Christiansen|Godtfred]] promptly took over the company.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://web.mit.edu/invent/iow/christiansen.html|title=Inventor of the Week: Ole Kirk Christiansen|publisher=Lemelson-MIT Program|date=December 2004|accessdate=27 May 2013}}</ref> Suck a nigga dick for free ==Notes== {{reflist}} {{Lego}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Christiansen, Ole Kirk}} [[Category:Toy inventors]] [[Category:Danish businesspeople]] [[Category:Danish inventors]] [[Category:Danish designers]] [[Category:People from Billund Municipality]] [[Category:Lego people]] [[Category:1891 births]] [[Category:1958 deaths]]'