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Brúin provides support in the local environment for children and families. Brúin is a procedure that has been run by the City of Hafnarfjörður for the past few years. The procedure has contributed to increased cooperation between the systems and departments involved in the welfare of children and their parents. The development of Brúin began in 2016 when staff from the Department of Family and Child Affairs and the Department of Education and Public Health felt the need for increased collaboration […]

Ægir Örn Sigurgeirsson is the Head of Support Services for Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Hafnarfjörður. Ægir is a qualified social worker, an MPM project manager, and worked for many years with the child protection authority. „At the end of 2018, we launched an eight-month pilot project in Hafnarfjörður to increase specialisation in services for applicants for international protection and to assist people […]

The first residents are expected to move in at the beginning of 2023. Construction of 148 homes by Bjarg Housing Society at Nónhamar and Hringhamar in Hamranes, Hafnarfjörður, is progressing well. The development is based on an agreement between the City of Hafnarfjörður and Bjarg Housing Society under the General Housing Act, with the City of Hafnarfjörður contributing 12% of the flats' initial value, or around 550 […]

Services for older people in Hafnarfjörður aim for successful ageing. Sjöfn Guðmundsdóttir is the Head of the Support and Auxiliary Services Department at the Family and Children's Services Division of the City of Hafnarfjörður. Sjöfn mentions that health promotion is a major part of the service for older people in Hafnarfjörður. These include exercise, walking groups, both indoors and outdoors, aqua aerobics, the Janus project and all-round training for 65-year-olds and […]

The Family and Child Welfare Department provides a comprehensive welfare service for Hafnarfjörður. In recent years, the development of procedures within the system has contributed to improved cross-disciplinary cooperation between departments and institutions for the benefit of the municipality's residents. An interview with Rannveig was published in the Fréttablaðið newspaper on Thursday, 3 March 2022: „The social services of Hafnarfjörður have a great human resource, which is the prerequisite for being able to develop and […]

In the summer of 2022, the nurseries in the municipality of Hafnarfjörður will be closed for two weeks from 18 July to 1 August. The change in arrangement is in response to a request from the majority of parents and staff, whereas in the summer of 2021 the nursery was open throughout the summer. All children are to take a continuous four-week summer holiday from nursery. Children born in 2016, who are starting primary school […]