Bilofix is the name of a
Danish construction toy
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product primarily consisting of
wooden
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beams and
plastic
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screw
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s and
bolts. It was produced and marketed primarily in the 1960s first by the
Lego company and then by a separate Bilofix company. The name Bilofix is usually written stylized as "BILOfix".
History
The "Bilo" part of the name is a combination of the first three letters of
Billund,
Denmark
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, birthplace of Lego and Bilofix, and the first initial of
Ole Kirk Christiansen
Ole Kirk Christiansen (born Ole Kirk Kristiansen; 7 April 1891 – 11 March 1958) 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, ...
, founder and inventor of Lego and Bilofix. When LEGO decided in 1960 to stop producing wooden toys, two sons of Lego founder Ole Kirk Christiansen, Karl Georg and Gerhardt (brothers of
Godtfred Kirk Christiansen
Godtfred Kirk Christiansen (8 July 1920 – 13 July 1995) was the managing director of The Lego Group from 1957 to 1973. He was the third son of company founder Ole Kirk Christiansen and took over as managing director in 1957, eventually becomi ...
), decided to leave the Lego company and to start Bilofix as their own independent business in a new factory in
Kolding
Kolding () is a Denmark, Danish seaport city located at the head of Kolding Fjord in the Region of Southern Denmark. It is the seat of Kolding Municipality. It is a transportation, commercial, and manufacturing centre and has numerous industria ...
, Denmark.
Article about the history of Bilofix from the Kolding city archive
(danish)
References
Construction toys
Danish brands
Danish design
Danish inventions
Lego products
Toy companies of Denmark
1959 establishments in Denmark
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