LEGO® History
Only the best is good enough
  1. 1890-1929
  2. 1930-1939
  3. 1940-1949
  4. 1950-1959
  5. 1960-1969
  6. 1970-1979
  7. 1980-1989
  8. 1990-1999
  9. 2000-2009
  10. 2010-2019
  11. 2020-2029

1890-1929

Ole Kirk Kristiansen settles in Billund

Ole Kirk Kristiansen's childhood and youth

A new reality

Dealing with the crisis

Kristiansen or Christiansen

Godtfred Kirk Christiansen

1930-1939

The beginning of the LEGO Group

The first milling machine

LEGO® trains

Dagny Holm

1940-1949

Disaster strikes

Entering the age of plastics

Automatic Binding Bricks

Early experiments with preschool products

Molding factories in Billund

1950-1959

New technologies

Quality in every detail

The LEGO® Ferguson tractor

LEGO® System in Play

The stud and tube principle

1960-1969

Further development of the system

Focus on product development

Developing the LEGO® wheel

LEGO® DUPLO®

The first LEGOLAND® park

1970-1979

Role Play

Pre-pack bags

The LEGOLAND® range

A modern, international company

LEGO® Space

1980-1989

LEGO® Pirates

LEGO® Education

LEGO® factories in South Korea

Production in Brazil

1990-1999

Setting up in the Czech Republic

2000-2009

LEGO® Architecture

Outsourcing and Insourcing

LEGO® production in Mexico

Establishing production in Hungary

LEGO® Vikings

2010-2019

Returning to Asia

LEGO® Ideas

2020-2029