The City of Hafnarfjörður is developing a new education strategy in active collaboration with all stakeholders and interested parties, which will be ready in the spring of 2020 and will be valid for 10 years. Fanney Dóróthe Halldórsdóttir, Director of the Education and Public Health Department, says that a school policy should be simple and unite the core values of everyone in the school community. „We need to paint a shared picture of what […]
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We can improve sleep in many ways.
A good night's sleep improves quality of life, happiness and productivity, and is one of the most important foundations of mental and physical health. The Healthy City of Hafnarfjörður invites residents and all other interested parties to a pleasant evening at the Bæjarbíó on the 16th of October. The event will cover, among other things, ways to achieve better sleep at night. One of the three overarching goals of the health strategy is to promote the well-being of residents […]
New Director of Hafnarfjörður Library
Sigrún Guðnadóttir has been appointed Director of the Hafnarfjörður Library. Since 2008, she has worked at the Kópavogur Library, most recently as Branch Manager of the Lindasafn branch, as well as serving as Deputy Director of the Kópavogur Library. Previously, Sigrún worked at the main library of the Reykjavík City Library from 2001 to 2007. Sigrún holds a BA in Library and Information Science from the University of Iceland […]
The Cancer Society visits Hafnarfjörður
The board of the Cancer Society of the Capital Area decided, to mark the 2018 merger of the Cancer Society of Reykjavík and the Cancer Society of Hafnarfjörður and its seventieth anniversary year, to visit the municipalities in its area. Hafnarfjörður was visited last week. Last week, the board and management of the Cancer Society of the Capital Area visited Hafnarfjörður, where they met with the Mayor, Rósa Guðbjartsdóttir, Geir Bjarnason, Sports and Leisure Officer, Fanney D. Halldórsdóttir, Director of the Education […]
Town Council Meeting, 16 October
A town council meeting has been called for Wednesday, 16 October. 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.
The VITINN podcast – a new episode is now live.
A new episode of Vitan has been released. In this episode, Árdís Ármannsdóttir, Communications Manager for the City of Hafnarfjörður, tackles the planning issues in Hafnarfjörður and speaks with architect Gunnþóra Guðmundsdóttir and planner Þormóður Sveinsson, who live and work in that environment every day. While planning can be creative and fun, it can also be complex and […]
Rental flats in Skarðshlíð ready in November
Secure long-term rental housing for low-income individuals and families. Twelve rental flats in Skarðshlíð will be ready for occupation in mid-November. The purpose of the rental flats is to ensure that low-income individuals and families have access to secure, long-term rental housing. Skarðshlíð Housing Society and Modulus Property Holding Company entered into an agreement for the development in May last year. The founding member of Skarðshlíð Housing Society […]
Would you like to take part in developing a new area?
The Municipality of Hafnarfjörður has decided on planning and development for an area known as Hamranes. The area is south of Ásvallabraut, Velli 6 and Skarðshlíð. The area is approximately 25 hectares in size and will be accessed from Ásvallabraut. Developers are sought for the first phase of the area. Developers for the first phase. The City of Hafnarfjörður is seeking developers for the first […]
St. Jó's Quality of Life Centre nominated as the best co-working space
St. Jó's Quality of Life Centre has been nominated for „Best Coworking Space“ in the Nordic Startup Awards and voting is currently underway. The Nordic Startup Awards is part of the Global Startup Awards, which is one of the largest independent startup ecosystems, with the aim of finding, recognising and connecting the future leaders in the digital […]
Power cut from the distribution station at Lækjargata
Notice from HS Utilities: There will be a power cut on the early hours of Friday, 11th October 2019, from 00:00 to 06:00, due to maintenance work on the distribution network (pump at Strandgata). We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.