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model railways), at the headquarters in Osby. Children can play with many of the toys. Since the late summer of 2014 the museum has been run as an independent foundation, hence the official name is now only
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became the major shareholder of Brio with more than 40% of the votes. In the same year BRIO of Sweden moved most of its production to three factories in
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549:"Brio - press release"
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324:Recent company history
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378:About Brio
365:References
334:PressbyrĂĄn
303:, and the
289:dollhouses
262:holds the
143:wooden toy
137:(stylized
38:Subsidiary
350:, China.
344:Proventus
336:in 1917.
236:on tracks
105:Furniture
101:Strollers
591:–
579:Archived
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484:Archived
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446:Archived
381:Archived
224:Products
195:Lekoseum
155:Götaland
92:Products
44:Industry
217:Märklin
141:) is a
123:Website
66:Founder
57:Boalt,
54:Founded
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260:Mattel
209:museum
151:Scania
147:Sweden
112:Parent
95:Toys,
85:Sweden
59:Scania
232:BRIO
185:Malmö
79:Malmö
443:Note
415:ISBN
330:Alga
312:Alga
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139:BRIO
135:Brio
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