LEGO®
History
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1890-1929
1930-1939
1940-1949
1950-1959
1960-1969
1970-1979
1980-1989
1990-1999
2000-2009
2010-2019
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
A new 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
LEGO® City
An unusual partnership in Iceland
Earliest sales and manufacture outside Denmark
Earliest export
Early expansion
Mold production in Billund
Mold production outside Billund
Disposal of obsolete moulds
1960-1969
Further development of the system
Focus on product development
Developing the LEGO® wheel
LEGO® DUPLO®
The first LEGOLAND® park
From private airfield to international airport
Production of LEGO® bricks in North America
The LEGO® moulding philosophy
1970-1979
Role Play
Pre-pack bags
The LEGOLAND® range
A modern, international company
LEGO® Space
LEGO® Castle
LEGO® FABULAND®
LEGO® molding in Switzerland
Danish LEGO® factories outside Billund
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