Víðivellir Nursery School is celebrating its 40th anniversary today, 28th February. The anniversary was celebrated in various ways. Guests were invited to a birthday sing-along in the hall with the oldest children, and in the afternoon the children went on a parade through the neighbourhood, singing the birthday song and songs about Víðivellir and Hafnarfjörður at the top of their voices. Víðivellir Nursery School was formally opened […]
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Summer jobs for 17 and over
Hafnarfjörður is looking for hardworking and energetic individuals for summer employment. Positions are available for squad leaders, instructors and assistant instructors at sports and play camps and in school gardens, as well as roles in environmental and gardening courses. The requirement for employment is that the applicant is a resident of Hafnarfjörður, and the salary is in accordance with the pay agreement between the City of Hafnarfjörður and the relevant trade union. The minimum age for applicants for the following positions is […]
Snow clearance – status update
Staff from the City of Hafnarfjörður and contractors have been working non-stop on snow clearance and gritting since 2:30 a.m. on Sunday. All bus routes and main roads are now clear, and the clean-up of side streets is underway. Clearing snow from the grounds of schools and nurseries is largely complete, and further clean-up will take place today and in the coming days. An attempt will be made to […]
Town Council Meeting, 1 March
A town council meeting has been called for Wednesday, 1 March. The meeting will begin at 14:00 at Hafnarborg, Strandgata 34. The meeting is streamed live on the website. Here you can see the agenda for the meeting. Here you can watch the meeting live. The broadcast starts promptly at 14:00. Topics on the agenda include the City Line and a submitted proposal from the Association of Municipalities in the Capital Region regarding the project description […]
New zoning plan – Kaldárselsvegur
At its meeting on 15 February 2017, the Hafnarfjörður Town Council resolved to advertise a new detailed plan for Kaldárselsveg in accordance with Section 41 of the Planning Act No. 123/2010. Simultaneously, changes will be made to the boundaries of the detailed plans for Mosahlíð and Áslandi 3. The detailed plan is bounded from Sörlatorg to Hlíðarþúfur, covering a total area of 8 hectares. The detailed plan proposal, justification, along with the amendments for Mosahlíð and […]
New Head of Support Services
Guðrún Frímannsdóttir has been appointed Head of Support Services at Family Services. Guðrún is a qualified social worker and has worked as one for most of her career, with the exception of five years as a programme and news reporter for RÚV. Guðrún has been the Social Services Manager for Fljótsdalshérað since around the middle of 2010. She was the Executive Director of Child Protection in Reykjavík from 2000 to 2005, a project manager at the Ministry of Welfare from 2005 to 2006, as well as […]
New primary school headteacher in Skarðshlíð
Ingibjörg Magnúsdóttir, a department head at Hraunvallaskóli in Hafnarfjörður, has been appointed headteacher of a new primary school in Skarðshlíð, off Völlunum in Hafnarfjörður. A new primary school in Skarðshlíð will open this autumn, initially in temporary premises at the Ástjarnar parish hall and, from autumn 2018, in a new school building in Skarðshlíð. Ingibjörg is a qualified primary school teacher; she […]
New lift at Ásvallalaug
A lift for disabled people and others who generally find it difficult to get into larger swimming pools has recently been installed at Ásvallalaug in Hafnarfjörður. The lift in question is called the Poolpod and comes from Scotland. It was originally designed for the London 2012 Olympic Games and has since been installed worldwide. […]
SORPU's opening hours are changing on 1 March
SORPU's recycling centre opening hours are changing on 1 March. There will now be the same opening hours for weekdays and weekends, open from 12:00 to 18:30 every day. From 1st March, SORPU's recycling centres will open earlier on weekdays, at 12:00, and close at 18:30 instead of the previous 19:30. Opening hours at weekends will remain unchanged and will therefore be the same […]
Loftorka and Suðurverk with the lowest bid for the flyover junction
Loftorka and Suðurverk submitted the lowest bid for the construction of a roundabout at the junction of the Reykjanesbraut and Krýsuvíkurveg. The work is to be completed by 1 November 2017. A joint bid by Loftorka Reykjavík ehf. and Suðurverk ehf. was the lowest for the construction of a flyover at the junction of the Reykjanesbraut south of Hafnarfjörður and Krýsuvíkurveg. Three other bids were received. Loftorka and Suðurverk bid 918 million króna for […]