Sigurjón Ólafsson took up a new post as Director of Services and Development for the City of Hafnarfjörður at the beginning of the autumn. Sigurjón has been involved in the digital journey of many organisations and companies, managing large projects, assisting with transforming their digital presence and introducing new ways of working and mindsets. His team has been busy these first few months, […]
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Opening hours over the festive period
The City of Hafnarfjörður's customer service, cultural institutions, primary schools, nurseries and swimming pools will be open over the festive period as follows: Customer Service and Service Centre Customer Service Service Centre 24th December Closed Closed 25th December Closed Closed December Closed Closed 26 December Closed Closed 27 December 08:00 – 16:00 07:30 – 15:20 28 December Closed Closed 29 December Closed Closed 30 December 08:00 – […]
Service Agreement with Hafnarfjörður Volleyball Club
In the run-up to Christmas, the City of Hafnarfjörður and the Hafnarfjörður Volleyball Club signed a service agreement covering all the services the club provides to residents of Hafnarfjörður and the contribution from the City for these services. Today, the adult section of the club is very active, and there is also a growing emphasis on its youth work. 15-20 children and young people, aged 18 and under, train regularly with the club in […]
Sports and Awards Gala 2019 – our athletes
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 […]
The Adventure World of Hvaleyrarskóli Library
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 […]
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The Mayor's Christmas Reflection
Reconciliation, gratitude and anticipation. At this time of year, strong emotions stir in the heart: anticipation of what is to come, gratitude for the past, and love for family and friends. Another year is drawing to a close. It has deposited certain experience, growth and insight into the bank of life regarding what […]
A fifteen-year-old nursery school in international cooperation
The Stekkjarás nursery school celebrated its fifteenth anniversary on 8th September. „Over these fifteen years, we have been in constant development and have never had to worry about stagnation,“ says Alda Agnes Sveinsdóttir, the nursery school headteacher. She says that this past autumn at Stekkjarás has been as lively as ever, and the school community has taken part in and launched various projects. […]
Reflectors given away on the darkest days of the year
The Pensioners' Association of Hafnarfjörður received high-visibility stickers as a gift from the City of Hafnarfjörður last weekend, during the shortest and therefore darkest days of the year. Sigurður Björgvinsson, vice-chairman of the Pensioners' Association of Hafnarfjörður, accepted the gift. With him in the picture above are Linda Hildur Leifsdóttir, project manager for the Association of Senior Citizens at Hraunsel, and […]
Fingers on the School Pulse
Increased satisfaction with the town's primary school provision. The schools' improvement projects are delivering visible and positive results. The results of the School Pulse were presented at a meeting of the Hafnarfjörður Education Board this week and are considered particularly pleasing for the local primary school community.. The purpose of Skólapúlsinn and Skólavogin, a special report that the City of Hafnarfjörður publishes with the results, is to ascertain the situation and to give individual schools, and […]