# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ole-kirk-christiansen
# Generated: 2026-08-15T07:41:03.381Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ole-kirk-christiansen"
name: "Ole Kirk Christiansen"
slug: "ole-kirk-christiansen"
description: "Ole Kirk Christiansen 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."
tagline: "Danish businessman (1891-1958)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ole_Kirk_Christiansen.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "founders"
profileType:
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  slug: "founder"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q131524"
birthDate: "1891-04-07"
deathDate: "1958-03-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           21.97143333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: 243
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump