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Nordic Day – a day of Nordic cooperation and friendship – is today, 23rd March, and 2022 also marks the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Nordic Society in Iceland. To mark the occasion, a website has been set up which covers the anniversary year and keeps track of all the Nordic events that will be on the programme during the anniversary year. Also […]

After a long wait, the Junior High School Festival could finally be held. For many years, the youth centre in Hafnarfjörður has organised the festival, which has been hugely popular with the town's young people. The festival is usually held on the first Wednesday in February, but for the past two years, it has been cancelled and its date moved due to the pandemic. As soon as it is green-lit […]

Landmark legislation promoting tailored and integrated services without barriers. At the turn of the year, the law on the integration of services for the well-being of children came into force. This is landmark legislation, but the main aim of the Act is to create a framework that promotes access to integrated services for children and parents who need them […]

Friends Jón Már Richardsson and Sigurður Harðarson undertook the major voluntary project of cataloguing a large radio collection from Þór Gunnarsson, former Savings Bank Manager, and other radios preserved at the Beggubúð at the Hafnarfjörður Folk Museum. Jón Már and Sigurður came in a few days a week in January and February and have catalogued over 200 […]

Last Monday, the final of „Do You Know the Answer“ was held at the town cinema. 'Do You Know the Answer' is a quiz competition for the primary schools in Hafnarfjörður, and the competition is a knockout tournament. The schools that took part were: Nú framsýn menntun, Lækjaskóli, Víðistaðaskóli, Hraunvallaskóli, Setbergsskóli, Hvaleyraskóli, Áslandsskóli and Öldutúnsskóli. The semi-finals saw Hraunvallaskóli play Setbergsskóli and Hvaleyraskóli play Áslandsskóli, and in the final on Monday, Setbergsskóli […]

„What We Think“ – Youth Resilience Actions. The Samfés National Conference and Youth Parliament took place in Hvolsvöllur from 4-6 March, where around 370 young people aged 13-16 from youth clubs from all over the country came together. The programme included, among other things, elections to the Samfés Youth Council, which is composed of representatives from all regions of the country, and a variety of empowering activities.

The Marketing Office of Hafnarfjörður's Incentive Award was presented for the sixth time last Thursday at a festive and enjoyable ceremony in Hafnarborg. The Gaflar Theatre received the award this time, among other things, for staging many fantastic shows over the years which are invaluable to the town's cultural life and a great source of joy. See the announcement and more photos on the MsH website.