In the history of technology, Ole Kirk Christiansen is one of the names that keeps returning.
The record lists Ole Kirk Christiansen as Danish businessman (1891-1958).
Ole Kirk Christiansen was born at Sønder Omme in 1891. His recorded nationality is the Kingdom of Denmark.
Around the turn of the twentieth century, national institutions, mass media and mass politics changed both the scale of a career and its risks.
He worked as carpenter, entrepreneur and founder.
Technology is judged by adoption: an invention nobody uses is a curiosity.
That the work was done from the Kingdom of Denmark matters. Opportunity has never been evenly distributed, and where a person is based shapes which doors open and whose work gets seen.
Ole Kirk Christiansen died in 1958, aged 67. What survives is the work, which is the only durable form of a reputation.
Achievements
- Worked as carpenter, entrepreneur and founder
