Kay Bojesen’s toys first appeared publicly in 1922.
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Kay Bojesen’s interest in designing wood toys was first displayed publicly in 1922 at the Landsforeningen Dansk Arbejde contest. The contest was established in 1908 with the aim of promoting Danish commodity production and marketing of Danish products in Denmark and abroad. From the beginning the association organized exhibitions and offered lists of Danish goods to world markets. The association’s logo has always been used by manufacturers and consumers as a guarantee that a product is manufactured in Denmark. Bojesen received awards for a road roller, a soldier on horseback, a boat and a see-saw. But it wasn’t until the 1930′s that his toy production really took off and it was immense both in the quality and in the number of toys produced. Below are historic samples of his work.
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