Follow life at the workshop this summer – @verkherinn on Instagram. The workshop is an employment programme for young people with disabilities aged 16-20 and is located at Húsinu, Suðurgata 14. One of the many projects for Verkhérinn this summer is to promote the health-promoting town of Hafnarfjörður and show it from the perspective of young people in Hafnarfjörður. A special media group within Verkhérinn will […]
The 2022 Design Cup goes to pupils at Víðistaðaskóli. The NKG 2022 Design Cup was awarded to Anna Heiða Óskarsdóttir, Helga Sóley Friðþjófsdóttir and Sveindís Rósa Almarsdóttir in Year 7 at Víðistaðaskóli for their idea, the 'Lýsandi' Jacket. Their teacher is Ásta Sigríður Ólafsdóttir, who this year received the 'Innovation Teacher of the Year 2022' award for primary schools. The Minister of Education and Children's Affairs recently presented awards for innovation at the Innovation Competition […]
Hafnarfjörður celebrates its 114th anniversary today, Wednesday, 1 June 2022, as the municipality was granted borough status on 1 June 1908. A year later, on 1 June 1909, the town had a population of 1,469, with 109 children enrolled in its primary school. Today, Hafnarfjörður has 30,028 residents, and there are just over 6,000 pupils in the municipality's nursery and primary schools. […]
New coalition agreement signed in Hafnarfjörður. The Independence Party and the Progressive Party today, 1 June, on the town's 114th anniversary, signed a new coalition agreement for the majority in the Hafnarfjörður town council for the 2022-2026 term. The parties, which also formed the majority in the last term, will have 6 of the 11 councillors on the council in the new term and will share the posts of mayor and chairman of the town council […]
Mrs Thorbjörg Bergmann, the first collector of Hafnarfjörður. The Hafnarfjörður Folk Museum is opening a new themed exhibition in the foyer of the Packhouse at 6 Vesturgata on Hafnarfjörður's 114th anniversary, Wednesday 1 June at 5 p.m. The exhibition is entitled „Mrs Thorbjorg Bergmann, the first Hafnarfjörður collector.“ Lilja Alfreðsdóttir, Minister of Culture and Commerce, will give a speech at the opening. The life and collecting work of Thorbjorg Sigurðardóttir Bergmann. The exhibition is about the life […]
Nominations for the Icelandic Education Awards 2022 must be received by 1 June. The aim of the awards is to enhance the standing of educational reform and to draw public attention to ambitious and high-quality school and leisure activities for children and young people. One award is given for outstanding school and leisure activities, one award for an outstanding teacher and one award for an outstanding development project, as well as special […]
17 June in Hafnarfjörður Celebrate Iceland's National Day with us here in Hafnarfjörður. Programme in English. We offer a varied programme of events around the town. 17 June in Hafnarfjörður. Come and celebrate with us the national day in Hafnarfjörður. A varied programme of events in different parts of the town. ———————————————Come and celebrate the national day with us here in Hafnarfjörður. A varied programme of events around the town.
The Hafnarfjörður Library's Summer Reading Programme starts as usual on 1 June and runs until 3 September, when it will be celebrated in style with a harvest festival! Welcome to take part in the Hafnarfjörður Library's Summer Reading. As before, you will be able to register for the summer reading both at the library itself and online, the reader of the week will be drawn throughout the period and materials sent to all […]
Redesign, reuse and rice pudding. The Environmental and Charity Week for the senior pupils of Skarðshlíðarskóli ended on 8 April with a charity market where pupils sold new and redesigned garments, jewellery from recycled materials, purses made from plastic packaging, books and rice pouches. The students presented forty rice pouches to the Bereavement Centre in support of this important organisation, which is based at the St. Jó Life Quality Centre in Hafnarfjörður. The students were, as expected, pleased with […]
Harmonised Risk and Resilience Analysis – Civil Defence Web Portal To simplify the work of municipalities in analysing and resolving the crises that arise in Iceland, Civil Defence has developed a web portal which maintains a harmonised analysis for each municipality. The web portal provides access to Civil Defence guidelines for risk analysis and […]
