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 […]
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 […]
The Hafnarfjörður Music School offers an eight-lesson music course for children aged 6 to 18 months. The course will teach fun songs, rhymes and movements for children that stimulate their sensory development. Instruments, scarves, ribbons and much, much more are used. The course is taught by music teacher María Gunnarsdóttir, and classes take place at the Hafnarfjörður Music School, Strandgata 51. Classes are taught […]
The weather and road conditions continue to affect, among other things, the state of refuse collection in the municipality. As of today, there is a delay of up to 7 days in rubbish collection. Residents are advised that the collection day for all addresses in Hafnarfjörður can be found in the rubbish collection calendar on the town's website. Please note that up to […]
Reduced school day and Ash Wednesday break. For the first time in three years, Ash Wednesday in Hafnarfjörður is expected to be able to proceed in a fairly normal way. The school day for primary school pupils is shortened and the school day ends at around 11 o'clock in all of the Borough of Hafnarfjörður's primary schools. The after-school clubs are offering a special Ash Wednesday programme after school finishes, with costumes, antics, a cat in a barrel and a ball. […]
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 […]
The situation is satisfactory despite difficult weather conditions – a mixture of rain and frost. All available council staff and contractors have been carrying out gritting and street cleaning, and clearing drains, almost around the clock for the past few days. Temporary road closures have been necessary due to flooding, and the high tide has not helped matters. All projects are […]
Health Minister Willum Þór Þórsson has decided that from Friday, 25 February, all public health measures related to the COVID-19 pandemic will be lifted, both domestically and at the border. This will abolish all rules on gathering and school restrictions, as well as the requirement for those who contract COVID-19 to self-isolate. The Minister of Health presented his decision at a cabinet meeting […]
The family musical The Longest Forever premieres at the Gaflar Theatre on Saturday 26 February at 1 pm and Sunday 27 February at The Gaflar Theatre in Hafnarfjörður premieres the family musical The Longest Ever on Saturday 26th and Sunday 27th February at 1 pm. The adaptation by Björk Jakobsdóttir, who also directs the show, is based on the award-winning books by Bergrún Íris Sævarsdóttir about the friends Eyja and Ragnar who become best […]
