Category: News

The City Council of Hafnarfjörður today approved a proposal from the City Board to appoint Sigríður Kristinsdóttir, the city's lawyer, to the position of Director of the Administration Department. At the same time, the roles of Director and City Lawyer will be combined. Sigríður will take up the post at the end of November. Sigríður Kristinsdóttir, who is the legal counsel for the City of Hafnarfjörður, has been appointed to the position of Director of the Administration Department. Sigríður succeeds Kristján Sturluson as […]

A projected surplus of 554 million krónur in operating activities and a reduction in property tax. The draft budget for the City of Hafnarfjörður for 2017 is now before the council. The 2016 operating results and the 2017 budget clearly reflect the Hafnarfjörður Town Council's priorities of expanding services, reducing the burden on residents, repaying debt and increasing investment from own funds. Key results of the 2017 budget […]

A town council meeting has been called for Wednesday, 9 November. The meeting will begin at 14:30 at Hafnarborg, Strandgata 34. An open meeting on the City of Hafnarfjörður's budget will begin at 13:00. The meeting will be streamed live on the city's website. At the open meeting, the heads of departments of the City of Hafnarfjörður, together with the mayor, will review their areas of responsibility in the plan. The agenda can be accessed here. You can watch here […]

Leisure allowance increased from 1 November. Changes to the fee structure and subsidies in the education and leisure department were approved by the education committee and the town council of Hafnarfjörður this spring. An increase in the sibling discount came into effect on 1 September, and a change to the leisure allowance from and including 1 November 2016. The leisure allowance is now 3,000 kr. per month, in addition to which young people up to the age of 18 […]

The first local authority to implement the Workplace communication platform, the City of Hafnarfjörður has adopted Workplace by Facebook for its employees. The platform is based on the same features as Facebook but is tailored for the environment of businesses and organisations. Hafnarfjörður is the first municipality in Iceland to adopt the platform. Workplace is intended to improve the flow of information, knowledge sharing and […]

Hafnarfjörður Municipality has in recent months paid special attention to the threat of human trafficking and systematically reviewed its procurement procedures and tender conditions with the aim of protecting those who are vulnerable to it. At a meeting of the Environment and Operations Committee of Hafnarfjörður this week, a new clause on human trafficking was approved for the municipality's tender conditions. The new clause on human trafficking will be added […]

Health Minister Kristján Þór Júlíusson has confirmed a new agreement between the Ministry of Welfare and the City of Hafnarfjörður for the construction of a 60-bed care home in the municipality. The agreement replaces an older agreement from 2010 which did not come into effect, but Hafnarfjörður was in the original group of municipalities that it was decided to contract with for the construction of a care home under the so-called lease model. It is estimated that […]

Notice to residents of Hafnarfjörður and local organisations. The Municipality of Hafnarfjörður would like to draw special attention to the fact that it will not be collecting Christmas trees from residents after this year's festive season. It would therefore like to encourage local organisations to take up the task.  A decision to this effect was taken at a meeting of the Environment and Operations Committee […]

Attention residents and guests! Ásvallalaug will be closed all day on Saturday 29 October due to a swimming competition. On Sunday 30 October it will be closed until 2 pm and open to the public from 2 pm to 5 pm. Thank you for your understanding!

A town council meeting has been called for Wednesday, 26th October. The meeting will begin at 14:00 at Hafnarborg, Strandgata 34. The agenda can be accessed here. The meeting can be watched live here. The live broadcast begins at 14:00.