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A town council meeting has been called for Wednesday, 8th January. The formal meeting will begin at 14:00 in the town council chamber at Hafnarborg, Strandgata 34. The agenda for the meeting can be accessed here. The meeting can be watched live here.

In August 2019, a decision was made to launch a new approach to providing information to residents of Hafnarfjörður and other stakeholders of the municipality, and in September 2019, the podcast Vitinn was launched.  The episodes of Vitan cover the council's diverse range of services, giving listeners the opportunity to get to know the professionals who work behind the scenes.

Happy New Year, dear residents of Hafnarfjörður! There are quite a lot of empty firework boxes, sparklers and sticks lying scattered around town at the start of the year, and we appeal to residents and businesses in the area to consider their local surroundings and tidy up after the New Year's celebrations. Let's join hands and clean up after the New Year. It is […]

Notice regarding Christmas trees. For your information, the Municipality of Hafnarfjörður would like to draw special attention to the fact that it does not collect Christmas trees from residents after the Christmas period. A decision to this effect was taken at a meeting of the Environment and Operations Committee on 21 September 2016, and Christmas trees have not been collected from residents' homes since then. It is noted that sports clubs and voluntary organisations are currently […]

The 2019 Sportspeople of the Year in Hafnarfjörður were chosen today at the annual Sports and Recognition Gala. Þórdís Eva Steinsdóttir, an athletics athlete from Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar, is the 2019 female athlete of Hafnarfjörður, and Anton Sveinn McKee, a swimmer from Sundfélag Hafnarfjarðar, is the 2019 male athlete of Hafnarfjörður. The 2019 Hafnarfjörður Achievement Team is the men's and women's senior team of the Hafnarfjörður Swimming Club, who during the year became both men's and women's cup champions […]

On St. Lucia's Day, prizes were awarded for the best-decorated houses and the best-decorated street in Hafnarfjörður. At the beginning of December, residents of Hafnarfjörður and other interested parties were encouraged to put on their big Christmas glasses and send in a tip about the house in Hafnarfjörður that they think stands out in this year's Christmas decorations. Furuvellir 13-25 is the best-decorated street for the second […]

The Hafnarfjörður Town Council and the Sports and Leisure Committee are holding an awards ceremony for athletes competing with teams from Hafnarfjörður, Awards for Icelandic champions, cup winners, Nordic champions, world champions and special achievements, along with the selection of Hafnarfjörður's Sportswoman, Sportsman and Sports Team of the Year 2019. Awards and selection of the 2019 Sportspeople of the Year. Over 300 individuals who have won Icelandic championship titles with Hafnarfjörður […]

There are 415 pupils at Hvaleyrarskóli this winter, and the aim of the school library is to support and encourage reading, as well as to create an adventurous and interesting environment where reading and books are highly valued. The school library is at the heart of the school, a place everyone visits daily. The local newspaper, Hafnfirðingur, paid a visit and spoke with […]