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<h2 id="block-fd4f4d-47a7-4c" class="wp-block-gutenbee-heading block-fd4f4d-47a7-4c">About Us</h2>
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<p id="block-2ff959-0e3e-46" class="wp-block-gutenbee-paragraph block-2ff959-0e3e-46">Welcome to DragonFjord! We live and work on Trondheimsfjord, one of the largest fjords in Norway. Our part of the fjord is called Drakestrand, which means "Dragon Shores". It is an area rich in viking history and tales of magic.</p>
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<p id="block-21bfb6-f0ae-44" class="wp-block-gutenbee-paragraph block-21bfb6-f0ae-44">We design original puzzles that are engaging, beautiful and smart. Each is a piece of artwork with a clever design that offers many secrets for you to explore. You will be proud to display these puzzles in your home, school or office, and keep coming back to enjoy and investigate them again and again.</p>
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<p id="block-af7d4b-5f5c-45" class="wp-block-gutenbee-paragraph block-af7d4b-5f5c-45">DragonFjord puzzles –&nbsp;<em>forged in fjord fire!</em></p>
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<h3 id="block-9808e6-eaa6-4f" class="wp-block-gutenbee-heading block-9808e6-eaa6-4f">Our philosophy</h3>
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<p id="block-4ff100-29cf-4e" class="wp-block-gutenbee-paragraph block-4ff100-29cf-4e">Solving puzzles is a great way to develop fundamental skills that help in every area in life. We design whimsical puzzles based on beautiful mathematical ideas with designs that offer many different challenges. We think that puzzles should be such that you want to play with them over and over and enjoy them for many years.</p>
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<h3 id="block-962a9b-f531-46" class="wp-block-gutenbee-heading block-962a9b-f531-46">Art for your home</h3>
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<p id="block-c078ca-1a93-4c" class="wp-block-gutenbee-paragraph block-c078ca-1a93-4c">Puzzles should not only be fun and challenging – they should be beautiful as well. Our puzzles are made so that you can display them as artwork in your home and office. We hope that our puzzles will make you smile when you see them, brighten your environment a little, and invite you to come play with them again and again.</p>
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<h2 id="block-90b937-f535-49" class="wp-block-gutenbee-heading block-90b937-f535-49">The Founders</h2>
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<p id="block-2f152f-eb31-46" class="wp-block-gutenbee-paragraph block-2f152f-eb31-46">We are a married couple with long careers in education who joined forces to start our own company. For many years we have created learning products and delivered courses on new and exciting ways to teach and learn mathematics.</p>
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<p id="block-ebbf5d-e56d-48" class="wp-block-gutenbee-paragraph block-ebbf5d-e56d-48">A few years ago we began making puzzles  just for fun. Now it has grown into a full-time job for both of us. We have a blast designing and testing puzzle designs and finding new and innovative ways to produce our puzzles. DragonFjord puzzles and games is growing quickly and we couldn't be more excited!</p>
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<p id="block-685c60-d3f8-4c" class="wp-block-gutenbee-paragraph block-685c60-d3f8-4c">We are happy you came to visit and hope you enjoy our puzzles very much!</p>
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<h3 id="block-509295-707f-4e" class="wp-block-gutenbee-heading block-509295-707f-4e">Gerd Åsta Bones</h3>
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