LEGO The history of LEGO began in 1932 in Billund, Denmark. Its founder, Ole Kirk Kristiansen, was a carpenter who struggled during the Great Depression. As his carpentry work declined and after the death of his wife, Ole searched for a new way to support his children. He began making wooden toys from leftover materials, including the now famous wooden duck. His young son, Godtfred Kirk Christiansen, helped him after school, making LEGO a family effort from the very beginning. In 1934, Ole named