Swedish headteacher visits Iceland Annelie van Lunteren, a headteacher in Malmö, Sweden, gave a talk to Icelandic school managers and teachers in primary schools in the capital region last Friday. Annelie's visit to Iceland is a follow-up to a study trip by Icelandic primary school teachers to Sweden last school year to learn about learning, teaching, and the integration of immigrants into the Nordic school systems. The trip was funded by […]
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Skarðshlíð Phase 2 – repeated
The notice regarding the amendment of the conditions of the detailed plan for Skarðshlíðar 2nd Phase is being reissued. The Planning and Building Committee of Hafnarfjörður approved, at its meeting on 26 June 2018, amendments to the planning conditions for the Skarðshlíð Phase 2 detailed plan, in accordance with section 1 of Article 43 of the Planning Act No. 123/2010. The changes to the conditions relate to the floor level of the detached house at Hádegisskarð 11 and the semi-detached houses at Hádegisskarð no. 3-5, 7-9 and 13-15. Tolerances […]
Town Council Meeting, 28 November
A town council meeting has been called for Wednesday 28 November. The formal meeting will begin at 17:00 in the town council chamber at Hafnarborg, Strandgata 34. You can view the agenda here. You can watch the meeting live here.
The Christmas adventure begins in Hafnarfjörður – lighting of the lights and Christmas village
The first weekend in December, Christmas officially begins in Hafnarfjörður with the opening of the Christmas Village and the switching on of the Christmas lights at Thorsplani. The small, beautifully decorated Christmas houses in the Christmas Village in Hafnarfjörður have become a nationally renowned marketplace for a variety of gift items, handicrafts and design, ideal for putting in a Christmas stocking along with delicious treats to eat on-site and/or take home […]
Icelandic Language Week at Hvaleyrarskóli
Icelandic Language Day was celebrated across the country last Friday, 16th November. At Hvaleyrarskóli, as in other schools in Hafnarfjörður, the Big Reading Competition was launched. The school's literacy team decided to take the opportunity to place a strong emphasis on the beautiful Icelandic language for one week, and the week concluded this morning with a choir sing-along […]
Burnscar 1-3
At the meeting of the Planning and Building Committee of Hafnarfjörður on 6 November 2018, it was approved to advertise a proposal for a local plan amendment for the plot at Brenniskarði 1-3 in accordance with section 1 of Article 43 of the Planning Act No. 123/2010. The change consists of the car park in the basement of Brenniskarð 1 being moved beneath the house at Brenniskarð 3 within the same plot. The layout of the car parking spaces within the plot is altered. Furthermore, […]
The annual fire safety campaign began today.
The annual fire safety campaign by firefighters began at Lækjarskóli in Hafnarfjörður today and will run until the beginning of Advent. Firefighters visit Year 3 primary school pupils across the country to educate them about fire safety. One such visit took place today at Lækjarskóli, on the campaign's launch day, where the children were visited by a firefighter and the Mayor, Rósa Guðbjartsdóttir, chatted with them about fire safety. […]
Possible disruption to the supply of drinking water due to maintenance
Due to maintenance on the water supply network, some disruption to the supply of drinking water in Hafnarfjörður can be expected from 8 p.m. on Wednesday evening, 21st November, continuing into the morning and possibly throughout the day on Thursday, 22nd November. It is hoped that there will be no disruption to the water supply, but as a precaution, residents and businesses are advised to take particular care to ensure that taps are turned off […]
BRÚIN – Child | Counselling | Resources
Brúin is a new approach to the provision of services for nursery and primary school children in Hafnarfjörður, which has been in development since the end of 2016. This extensive project is about finding ways to improve the service for the town's nursery and primary school children and their families, as in recent years professionals and parents have expressed concerns about […]
Feedback portal on the town's services – your opinion, please!
How have you found the town's services? The Municipality of Hafnarfjörður has embarked on a project, in partnership with Capacent, which aims to improve the service and efficiency of the municipality's operations and management. Consultants from Capacent are currently working on an analysis, which is the first step of the project. This involves, among other things, gaining insight into the experience of the service's users, that is, the town's residents […]