Category: News

Hafnarfjörður actively participates with open days and training sessions. The European Week of Sport is held from 23rd to 30th September each year in over 30 European countries. The week aims to promote sport and physical activity and thus counteract the increasing sedentary lifestyle of the general public. The European Week of Sport is for everyone, regardless of age, background or […]

Message to parents and guardians An orange weather warning is in effect from 13:30 to 17:00 today, Tuesday 21 September 2021. More information on the website of the Icelandic Meteorological Institute. Parents and guardians must assess for themselves whether children need to be collected from school or after-school activities. During an orange weather warning, there is a greater need to collect children from school. It is advisable to have […]

Applications for holiday home plots in Sléttuhlíð, which were advertised for allocation in early September 2021, will be considered at a meeting of the Hafnarfjörður Town Council on Thursday, 23 September.  The Town Council Committee handles the processing of applications for plots and makes a recommendation to the Town Council. General rules for the allocation of plots 

Electoral Register. The electoral register for the parliamentary election in Hafnarfjörður on 25 September 2021 is available for inspection at the service desk in the Hafnarfjörður Town Hall, Strandgata 6, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on all weekdays from and including 15. September 2021 until Friday, 24 September. Voters are referred to the website www.kosning.is, where they can find information about where they are registered to vote […]

The Hafnarfjörður Music School offers a course for children aged 6-18 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 will be held on Saturdays […]

Is your name Maria? Do you live in Hafnarfjörður? Would you be interested in taking part in a work of art? Hafnarborg is currently working on the installation of the retrospective exhibition, 'Lengi skal manninn reyna', which will feature works by the artist Þorvaldur Þorsteinsson (1960-2013). The exhibition will recreate one of the artist's works, 'The Portrait of Maria', which Þorvaldur first exhibited at an exhibition in the Art Museum […]

COVID-19: Easing of public health measures from 15 September. The Minister of Health announced new easing of public health measures at a cabinet meeting this morning, which are in line with the recommendations of the Chief Medical Officer. A regulation to this effect will come into force on 15 September and will be in effect until 6 October. General crowd size limits will be increased to 500 people, and at rapid testing events it will be possible to have up to […]