founding FATHERS Ole Krik Christiansen was the founder of The LEGO Group. He was born in the village of Omvraa Mark, Blåhøj-Filskov parish, Vejle, Denmark. He was one of 10 children of Jens Niels Christiansen and Kirstine (Andersen) Christiansen. At the age of seven, Ole Kirk Kristiansen worked for a local smallholder, and later gets a job on a farm in nearby Filskov. In 1905 at the age of 14, he began to learn carpentry under the guidance of his elder brother, Kristian Bonde Kristiansen. In 1911, he left Denmark and worked in Germany as a carpenter for five years. In 1916, he returned back to Denmark and, using his savings, bought the Billund Maskinsnedkeri og Tømreforretning (The Billund Carpentry Shop and Lumberyard). By then he had married Hansine Kirstine Sörensen in Lindeballe, whom he met in Norway. Later, when his wife died in 1932 leaving him with their 4 children - Johannes Christiansen (born 1917), Karl Georg Kirk Christiansen (born 1919), Godtfred Kirk Christiansen (born 1920) and Gerhardt Kirk Christiansen (born 1926), Ole married 1934, married Kirsten Sofie Jörgensen in Haslev. Ole Kirk Christiansen died on March 11, 1958.
Ole Krik Christiansen (7 April 1891 – 11 March 1958)
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