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The City of Hafnarfjörður is inviting applications for grants for the improvement of window insulation on the sides of buildings facing busy roads. Further information is available from the Hafnarfjörður Service Centre, Strandgata 6, telephone 585-5500. Grants are awarded for the improvement of window sound insulation on the sides of a building where the noise level is calculated to be 65 dB(A) or higher. When awarding grants, priority is given to those in the worst conditions. […]

The week after Easter, the City of Hafnarfjörður is launching a city-wide clean-up initiative, encouraging residents to take part in a spring clean organised at the grounds of the primary schools and swimming venues in the town.  Businesses will also be working to clean up their surroundings, and containers will be placed in three locations in Hafnarfjörður. The containers are primarily intended for the disposal of […]

Today, the Environmental and Resource Appeals Board annulled the work permit that the City of Hafnarfjörður issued to Landsnet for Lyklafell Line 1. The construction of Lyklafell Line 1 has been a prerequisite for the removal of the Hamranes Lines and the relocation of the Ísall Lines.  The appeal against the granting of the works permit was brought by Hraunavinir and the Nature Conservation Society of Southwest Iceland. „The ruling is a blow for the municipality, and it is clear that the decades-long wait for it […]

Street sweeping is currently in full swing. The work has been ongoing since the beginning of March, during which time the main roads have been cleaned. Below is the schedule being followed, which involves a general sweep of Hafnarfjörður according to the following plan. Sweeping of main pedestrian routes 23rd March – […]

Spring has truly arrived in Hafnarfjörður and the harbingers of spring are everywhere. On Lækjargata, paving slabs are being laid up the street on both sides, and contractors were hard at work laying paving stones and finishing the job before the weekend, which will hopefully be completed before the Bright Days.  A massive clean-up effort is on the horizon, involving both businesses and individuals […]

 The writer Gudrún Helgadóttir, a native of Hafnarfjörður, was honoured this week and especially thanked for her works and her contribution to Icelandic culture in connection with the Children's Book and Film Festival, which is being held in Hafnarfjörður at the moment. Guðrún needs no introduction to Icelanders, but she is the author of works of fiction and characters that the nation has come to love over the years, such as Páll […]

At a meeting of the Hafnarfjörður Town Council on 30 August 2017, it was resolved to advertise a proposal for a change of land use in the Hafnarfjörður Master Plan, in accordance with section 1 of Article 36 of the Planning Act No. 123/2010.  Furthermore, the town council approved a proposal for an amended detailed plan for Suðurgata 40-44 and to advertise it in accordance with section 1 of article 43 of the Planning Act No. 123/2010. The proposals will be advertised concurrently […]

At the meeting of the Hafnarfjörður Town Council on 7 June 2017, it was resolved to advertise a proposal for a local plan amendment for the plot at Hrauntunga 5, in accordance with the first paragraph of Article 43 of the Planning Act No. 123/2010.  At the meeting of the Planning and Building Committee on 6 March 2018, it was resolved that the proposal should be processed in accordance with Article 43(1) of the Planning Act No. 123/2010. It was also resolved that the proposal for the detailed plan should be subject to a local consultation. […]

The Children's Book and Film Festival in Hafnarfjörður will be held for the third time this March. This year's festival will be dedicated to Guðrún Helgadóttir, a writer and a resident of Hafnarfjörður.  Guðrún needs no introduction to any living Icelandic person, but she is the creator of characters that the nation has come to love over the years, such as Páll Vilhjálmsson, the twin brothers Jón Oddur and […]