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Lego MILITARY

MILITARY AUDIT UPDATED 2026-09-22
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Direct Defence Contracting & Procurement

LEGO A/S is the LEGO Group’s operating reporting entity; its 2025 annual report identifies a Danish CVR number, Billund residence, and incorporation on 19 December 1975.1 LEGO Holding owns the LEGO Group through KIRKBI A/S (75%) and the LEGO Foundation (25%), while KIRKBI describes itself as the Kirk Kristiansen family holding company.2, 3

KIRKBI stated that LEGO Juris A/S, which owned the LEGO and LEGOLAND trademarks, was renamed LEGO Holding A/S from 1 January 2025; it said LEGO Holding would consolidate the LEGO Group, LEGO Education, LEGO House, KIRKBI’s Merlin Entertainments holding, its Epic Games investment, and relevant brand rights and licences.4 KIRKBI’s March 2026 announcement continues to describe KIRKBI as the LEGO Group’s holding company and LEGO Holding as a business area.5

No public evidence identified in the live-retrieved Israeli Ministry of Defense procurement-directorate and vendor-portal materials naming LEGO A/S, LEGO System A/S, LEGO Holding, KIRKBI, the LEGO Foundation, TorGroup, or Shufersal as a supplier to IMOD, the IDF, police, prisons, border bodies, or another Israeli state-security organisation.6, 7 IMOD describes its Defense Procurement Directorate as the body serving IDF procurement needs and purchasing goods and services, while its vendor portal provides registration, RFP, order, shipping-instruction, and contractor-certification functions.6, 7 The official tender portal is searchable by tender number, keyword, category, and date, but displayed tender details require identification or login; the result is therefore not a complete procurement-records clearance.8, 9, 10

No public evidence identified of a retrieved LEGO-named Israeli tender, contract award, military end-user certificate, import record, or export-licence record.8, 9, 6, 7 The accessible official materials describe procurement systems rather than providing an open, target-searchable award ledger, and authenticated access limits conclusions concerning unpublicised, classified, distributor-mediated, or login-gated activity.8, 6, 7

Dual-Use Products & Tactical Variants

The supplied research identifies LEGO Group subsidiaries involved in manufacturing, administration, sales, distribution, and other corporate functions, but does not identify a dual-use, tactical, military-training, or defence-adapted LEGO product line.11 The 2022 group-structure table is limited to subsidiaries as of 31 December 2022 and does not establish the absence of a distributor, reseller, licensee, later-formed entity, or operations in Israel.11

No public evidence identified in the reviewed entity records or targeted searches of LEGO products being supplied as tactical equipment, military training systems, ruggedised or mil-spec products, or defence-adapted variants.2, 1, 12, 11, 8, 9, 6, 7 No retrieved source identifies physical product supply or training products specifically for an Israeli security-sector customer.13, 14, 15

Heavy Machinery, Construction & Infrastructure

The reviewed LEGO corporate materials describe manufacturing and distribution entities rather than heavy-machinery, construction-equipment, or defence-infrastructure operations.1, 11 The earlier entity research did not investigate construction contracts, infrastructure tenders, military-base works, or equipment-supply records.11

No public evidence identified in the reviewed entity, procurement, and distribution materials of LEGO providing heavy machinery, construction, demolition, checkpoint, barrier, base, detention-facility, settlement-infrastructure, or defence-infrastructure services.2, 1, 11, 8, 9, 6, 7 No retrieved source identifies LEGO construction, facilities, or material-service activity for an Israeli security-sector customer.13, 14, 15

Supply Chain Integration with Defence Primes

Alessandro Nasi joined the LEGO A/S board effective 9 May 2025 and has been a KIRKBI A/S director since 2024.16, 17 Nasi’s March 2026 Iveco Group CV states that he chaired Iveco Defence Vehicles Italia S.p.A. during 2019–2026, while KIRKBI identifies him as a director of Iveco Defence Vehicles S.p.A.18, 17

This is a documented defence-industry governance connection involving a current LEGO board member, but the supplied sources do not establish a LEGO supply relationship with Iveco Defence Vehicles or another defence prime.16, 18, 17 no public evidence identified of LEGO components, raw materials, manufacturing services, co-production, technology transfer, or other supply to Elbit, IAI, Rafael, IMI/Elbit Land, Iveco Defence Vehicles, or another Israeli defence prime.8, 9, 6, 7, 19, 20 The sources also do not establish an Israeli customer, Israeli state-security contract, Israeli procurement connection, or LEGO operational relationship arising from Nasi’s Iveco Defence Vehicles role.16, 18, 17

SIBAT states that its biennial Defence and HLS Directory contains information on Israeli defence industries and supports B2G, G2G, and B2B defence cooperation.19, 20 no public evidence identified in the retrieved SIBAT and IMOD materials of a LEGO company listing, defence-directory record, arms-supply relationship, or named contract; the retrieved SIBAT pages describe the directory rather than constituting a searchable company-record result.6, 7, 19, 20

Logistical Sustainment & Base Services

LEGO’s 2022 subsidiary table includes sales, distribution, and manufacturing entities across multiple jurisdictions, but no Israel-domiciled subsidiary appears in that specific table.11 This document-scoped result cannot establish the absence of an Israeli distributor, reseller, licensee, later-formed entity, or logistics activity.11

LEGO’s current Certified Stores guidance lists Israel among countries with LEGO Certified Stores and states that those stores are owned and operated by an authorised partner which sells LEGO products.13 TorGroup states that it represents LEGO in Israel, distributes to major retailers nationally, operates online and physical brand stores, and reaches customers through more than 1,200 points of sale.14 Globes reported on 20 August 2026 that Shufersal had entered a commercial agreement involving LEGO products at approximately 90 branches and online.15

These sources establish civilian retail and distribution activity in Israel, not supply to a security body; they do not identify a government end-user, military customer, contracting entity, product destination, or activity in occupied territory.13, 14, 15 no public evidence identified in the reviewed records of LEGO furnishing logistical sustainment, facilities management, catering, transport, freight, port services, or base services to military or other Israeli state-security customers.2, 1, 12, 11, 13, 14, 15, 6, 7

Munitions, Weapons Systems & Strategic Platforms

The reviewed LEGO annual-report and group-structure materials identify a toy-group corporate structure and do not identify munitions, weapons systems, strategic platforms, or weapons-component operations.1, 11 The entity research expressly did not examine arms-supply records or defence-product sales, limiting the earlier conclusion to the reviewed records.11

No public evidence identified in the reviewed entity, procurement, and directory materials of LEGO manufacturing or supplying munitions, weapons systems, strategic platforms, weapons components, weapons subsystems, or purpose-built kinetic AI or software.2, 1, 11, 6, 7, 19, 20

Export Licensing, Regulatory & Legal History

The earlier entity research did not examine export licences, Israeli procurement files, regulatory-enforcement records, litigation, or arms-supply documentation.11 Targeted updated searches retrieved no export licence, end-user certificate, tender award, military import record, defence-related export-control decision, sanctions investigation, enforcement action, or judicial proceeding naming LEGO or a documented group entity.8, 9, 6, 7

No public evidence identified in the reviewed materials of a LEGO military-export licence, export-control enforcement action, or defence-related regulatory proceeding.2, 1, 12, 11, 8, 9, 6, 7 This remains a bounded finding because the accessible official systems do not provide a complete open award or vendor-record review and vendor-specific material requires authenticated access.8, 6, 7

Civil Society Scrutiny & Documented Investigations

The supplied canonical-library pre-scan found no LEGO mention in the full text of the specified OHCHR settlement-database updates, A/HRC/59/23, PAX, Al-Haq, Amnesty, Human Rights Watch, BankTrack, BDS, Who Profits, KLP, and other listed documents.21 This is a document-scoped finding and does not establish absence from other databases, records, sectors, or later publications.21

OHCHR announced an update to its database of businesses involved in Israeli settlements on 26 September 2025.21 no public evidence identified in the reviewed corporate, governance, procurement, and civil-society materials of Israeli defence-prime equity, FIDF or reservist-fund donations, Israel/IDF co-belligerency statements, or donations under the IDF’s “Adopt a Fighter” programme by LEGO A/S, LEGO Holding, KIRKBI, the LEGO Foundation, or identified family vehicles.2, 1, 3, 22, 12, 17, 23, 24 The IDF donation order does not name LEGO and prohibits donations of military equipment, distinctly military equipment, and distinctly military infrastructure, while the cited “Adopt a Fighter” description does not name a LEGO-linked entity.23, 24

Footnotes

  1. https://www.lego.com/cdn/cs/aboutus/assets/blt94a9daa1bc646283/2025_Annual_Report_-_The_LEGO_Group.pdf ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6 ↩7 ↩8 ↩9

  2. https://www.lego.com/en-us/aboutus/lego-group/ownership ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6 ↩7

  3. https://www.kirkbi.com/about-us/family-ownership/ ↩ ↩2

  4. https://www.kirkbi.com/press-releases/2024/kirkbi-takes-first-steps-to-implement-a-new-structure-supporting-the-kirk-kristiansen-family-s-long-term-owner-vision/ ↩

  5. https://www.kirkbi.com/press-releases/2026/annual-report-2025-1/ ↩

  6. https://www.mod.gov.il/en/departments/defense-procurement-directorate-dpd ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6 ↩7 ↩8 ↩9 ↩10 ↩11 ↩12 ↩13

  7. https://www.online.mod.gov.il/ENG/pages/General/Info/start.aspx ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6 ↩7 ↩8 ↩9 ↩10 ↩11 ↩12 ↩13

  8. https://www.online.mod.gov.il/Online2016/pages/general/Balam/BalamList.aspx?bk=1 ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6 ↩7 ↩8 ↩9

  9. https://mod.gov.il/%D7%A9%D7%99%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%AA-%D7%9C%D7%A2%D7%A1%D7%A7%D7%99%D7%9D/%D7%9E%D7%A0%D7%94%D7%A8-%D7%A1%D7%A4%D7%A7%D7%99%D7%9D-%D7%95%D7%9E%D7%9B%D7%A8%D7%96%D7%99%D7%9D/%D7%9E%D7%9B%D7%A8%D7%96%D7%99%D7%9D ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6 ↩7

  10. https://mr.gov.il/ilgstorefront/he ↩

  11. https://www.lego.com/cdn/cs/aboutus/assets/blt70ef2efdd8d21dc7/LEGO_Annual_Report2022_Final_WEB.pdf ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6 ↩7 ↩8 ↩9 ↩10 ↩11 ↩12 ↩13 ↩14

  12. https://www.lego.com/en-us/aboutus/lego-group/management ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4

  13. https://www.lego.com/en-us/service/help-topics/article/lego-certified-stores?age-gate=grown_up ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5

  14. https://www.torgroup.co.il/ ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5

  15. https://en.globes.co.il/news/article.aspx?did=1001552893 ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5

  16. https://www.lego.com/en-us/aboutus/news/2025/may/the-lego-group-welcomes-alessandro-nasi-to-its-board-of-directors ↩ ↩2 ↩3

  17. https://www.kirkbi.com/about-us/board-and-management/ ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5

  18. https://www.ivecogroup.com/-/media/group/governance/board_of_directors/docs/Alessandro_Nasi_Non-Executive_Director_Iveco_Group_CV_March_2026.pdf?rev=44a1bdd38b0244e9b7c69cdef23743ec ↩ ↩2 ↩3

  19. https://www.sibat.mod.gov.il/OurServices/Pages/%E2%80%8BDefense%20and%20HLS%20directory.aspx ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4

  20. https://mod.gov.il/en/departments/sibat-international-defense-cooperation ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4

  21. https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2025/09/un-human-rights-office-updates-database-businesses-involved-israeli ↩ ↩2 ↩3

  22. https://www.kirkbi.com/press-releases/2023/the-kirk-kristiansen-family-completes-generational-handover-thomas-kirk-kristiansen-appointed-chairman-of-kirkbi-as/ ↩

  23. https://www.idf.il/%D7%90%D7%AA%D7%A8-%D7%99%D7%97%D7%99%D7%93%D7%95%D7%AA/%D7%90%D7%AA%D7%A8-%D7%94%D7%A4%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%93%D7%95%D7%AA/%D7%90%D7%A8%D7%9B%D7%99%D7%95%D7%9F-%D7%9E%D7%90%D7%92%D7%A8-%D7%A4%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%93%D7%95%D7%AA/10104-%D7%AA%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%AA/ ↩ ↩2

  24. https://www.idf.il/98093/ ↩ ↩2