Paralympic Day is a big and fun promotional day for the sports practised by disabled people in Iceland. This is the fifth year in a row that the Sports Federation for the Disabled has organised Paralympic Day. Sports journalist Haukur Harðarson will host the day, which takes place on Saturday, 19th October at the Laugardalur Athletics Hall from 13:00 to 16:00. Everyone welcome! Demonstrations of handcycling, boccia, football, archery, gymnastics and […]
Hafnarborg – the cultural and art centre of Hafnarfjörður, has now become an official participant in the 'Healthy Town of Hafnarfjörður' project and will henceforth place a greater emphasis on those aspects of its activities that are considered to have a positive effect on the mental, social and even physical health of its visitors. Hafnarborg has previously been involved in the project, for example by participating in the annual Culture and […]
The Culture and Tourism Committee of Hafnarfjörður today awarded grants from the second round of cultural grants for 2019. Fifteen projects received a grant on this occasion; individuals, cultural groups or organisations, all of which have one thing in common: they are connected to Hafnarfjörður in one way or another. Cultural and Tourism Committee grants from the City of Hafnarfjörður are awarded twice a year to cultural projects that are likely to […]
Drafts for the framework plan for Flensborg Harbour and the Óseyrar area are now available and have been presented for consultation. Comments and ideas are being accepted until Friday, 15th November. Emails can be sent to the address: hafnarfjordur@hafnarfjordur.is, and ideas can also be submitted via the 'Better Hafnarfjörður' consultation platform. See the draft documents […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
