The Lego Group

Summary

The Lego Group is a privately held company^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.92% of privately_held_company entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,188 views/month, #4 of 434).^[2]

Key Facts

• The Lego Group is in the country of Denmark^[3].
• The Lego Group's image is recorded as Legoland Minilands London.jpg^[4].
• The Lego Group's instance of is recorded as privately held company^[5].
• The Lego Group's founder is recorded as Ole Kirk Christiansen^[6].
• The Lego Group's owned by is recorded as Kirkbi^[7].
• The Lego Group's owned by is recorded as Koldingvej 2, Billund^[8].
• Lego is named after The Lego Group^[9].
• The Lego Group's logo image is recorded as LEGO logo.svg^[10].
• The Lego Group's headquarters location is recorded as Billund^[11].
• The Lego Group's chief executive officer is recorded as Niels B. Christiansen^[12].
• The Lego Group's ISNI is recorded as 0000000404259757^[13].
• The Lego Group's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 172841605^[14].
• The Lego Group's GND ID is recorded as 16156954-7^[15].
• The Lego Group's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n85242482^[16].
• The Lego Group's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 13889000s^[17].
• The Lego Group's IdRef ID is recorded as 241740770^[18].
• The Lego Group's IMDb ID is recorded as co0104950^[19].
• The Lego Group's child organization or unit is recorded as Lego Interactive^[20].
• The Lego Group's child organization or unit is recorded as LEGO Production^[21].
• The Lego Group's child organization or unit is recorded as Rebrickable^[22].
• The Lego Group's child organization or unit is recorded as Lego System^[23].
• The Lego Group's child organization or unit is recorded as Lego Store^[24].
• The Lego Group's Commons category is recorded as Lego^[25].
• The Lego Group's Libraries Australia ID is recorded as 57390025^[26].
• The Lego Group's industry is recorded as video game industry^[27].

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Founding

The Lego Group's founder is recorded as Ole Kirk Christiansen^[6]. +1932-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of it^[28].

Identity

The Lego Group's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'da', 'text': 'Lego A/S'}^[29].

Leadership

The Lego Group's chief executive officer is recorded as Niels B. Christiansen^[12]. Its director / manager is recorded as Niels B. Christiansen^[30].

Operations

The Lego Group's headquarters location is recorded as Billund^[11]. Its parent organization or unit is recorded as Kirkbi^[31]. Subsidiaries include Lego Interactive^[20], a video game publisher^[32], founded in 1996^[33], headquartered in London^[34]; LEGO Production^[21], a business^[35], in Czech Republic^[36], founded in 1999^[37], headquartered in Kladno^[38]; Rebrickable^[22], a website^[39]; Lego System^[23], a corporation^[40], in Denmark^[41], founded in 1973^[42], headquartered in Billund^[43]; and Lego Store^[24], a toy store chain^[44], founded in 1992^[45].

Industry

Industries include video game industry^[27] and game industry^[46].

Ownership

Owners include Kirkbi^[7], a business^[47], in Denmark^[48], founded in 1995^[49], headquartered in Billund^[50] and Koldingvej 2, Billund^[8], a business^[51], in Denmark^[52], founded in 1992^[53]. Products include Lego^[54] and software^[55].

Brands and Namesakes

Things named for The Lego Group include The LEGO Prize^[56], an award^[57], in Denmark^[58].

Why It Matters

The Lego Group ranks in the top 0.92% of privately_held_company entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,188 views/month, #4 of 434).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[59] It is known by 38 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[60]

Entities named for it include The LEGO Prize^[56], an award^[57], in Denmark^[58].