Rising sales were helped by
increasing demand from China, which Lego highlighted as a future "core
market".
The privately-held firm,
which only reports profits annually, also said it hired 1,355 workers.
Profits from the hugely
successful Lego movie were not included.
Lego is the world's second
largest toymaker, behind Mattel, the maker of Barbie.
Lego's profits have been
slowing recently as
