Where does niels b. christiansen live
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Ole Kirk Christiansen
Danish businessman and founder of The Lego Group
Ole Kirk Christiansen (born Ole Kirk Kristiansen;[a] 7 April 1891 – 11 March 1958) was a Danish carpenter. In 1932, he founded the construction toy company Lego, later known as The Lego Group. Christiansen transformed his small woodworking shop, which initially sold household products, into a manufacturer of wooden toys. By 1934, he had officially named the company Lego and established its fundamental principles. The business shifted to producing plastic bricks after the acquisition of a plastic moulding injection machine in 1947. Following his death in 1958, the company's management was handed over to his son, Godtfred.
Early years
Christiansen was born on 7 April 1891 in Omvraa Mark, Filskov, South Jutland, Denmark, which is 20 km northwest of Billund.[2] He was one of 13 children of a farm labourer.[3] His parents were Jens Niels Christiansen and Kirstine Christiansen.[4] Although his family was poor, Christiansen was able to receive a basic hig
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Niels C. Christiansen was born in Trustrup, Dalby, Denmark, October 4, 1817, to Christian Christensen and Anne Marie Christensen [Christensdatter]. As a young man he learned the trade of a mason. It was the custom in Denmark at that time for young men early in their teens to be apprenticed in some trade under an efficient trades-man as a teacher. One had to serve as an apprentice for a certain length of time and become very efficient in the art before he could be graduated as a journeyman. Niels C. was a very religious man, and when he heard the message of the revealed gospel expounded by the early missionaries to Denmark [from his brother Christen Christiansen], he was completely converted to the truth. It was his ardent desire to emigrate to Zion, so he left his home and friends and the many relatives in his native land and joined the first group of converts to leave Denmark in the early part of 1853. He was a member of the John Forsgren Company. This company sailed from Denmark to
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Ole Kirk Christiansen
Marital status
Kirstine Sørensen
Date of birth
April 7, 1891
Date of death
March 11, 1958
Ole Kirk Christiansen (April 7, 1891 – March 11, 1958) was the founder of The LEGO Group. He was married to Kirstine Sørensen and father of Johannes Christiansen, Karl Georg Kirk Christiansen, Godtfred Kirk Christiansen and Gerhardt Kirk Christiansen. He was born in the village of Filskov, located between the towns of Sonder Omme and Give in Central Jutland Denmark. He was one of 10 children of Jens Niels Christiansen and Kirstine (Andersen) Christiansen. He died on March 11, 1958. He appeared in the animated short "The LEGO Story".
History[]
Early ages[]
In 1905, 14-year-old Ole was apprenticed to his older brother, Kristian Bonde Christiansen to learn carpentry. In 1911, Ole left Denmark to work abroad as a carpenter, first in Germany, then in Norway. In 1916, Ole returned to Denmark and, using his savings, bought the Billund Maskinsnedkeri og Tømreforretning (The Billund Carpentry Shop and Lumberyard). Around this time, he married Kirstine Sörense
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