International Women's Day is today and we encourage our women to take part! Women employed by the City of Hafnarfjörður will be off from 2:30 pm today to take part in organised celebrations and a solidarity rally at Austurvöllur. The City of Hafnarfjörður's customer service and the Hafnarfjörður Library will be closed from 2:30 pm. Over the weekend, an email was sent to parents of preschool and primary school children, encouraging them […]
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Hafnarfjörður are competing this evening.
Hafnarfjörður onwards! Tonight, Hafnarfjörður and the municipality of Ölfus go head-to-head. The team representing Hafnarfjörður this year was chosen by the residents of Hafnarfjörður late in the summer and is thought to have a very wide range of interests, with valuable experience and extensive knowledge across a diverse range of fields. The team consists of Tómas Geir Howser Harðarson, Sólveig Ólafsdóttir and Guðlaug Kristjánsdóttir […]
Absentee voting
Early voting began at the Perlan on 16 October. Early voting, organised by the Sheriff of the Capital Region, began on 16 October at the Perlan in Öskjuhlíðar, Reykjavík. It will be open daily from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. On polling day, Saturday 29 October, it will be open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. for voters who are registered outside the capital region. Further information is […]
9 applied for the position of nursery manager
The City of Hafnarfjörður recently advertised the position of head teacher at the Hlíðarendi nursery school. Nine individuals applied for the position, and Árný Steindóra Steindórsdóttir was selected from the applicants. For four years, Árný was the head teacher of Hjalli nursery in Hafnarfjörður, as well as holding the positions of department head, nursery teacher, project manager and nursery representative for the Hjalli nursery chain for several years. She holds a qualification as a nursery teacher, in addition to being […]
Autumn sweeping in Hafnarfjörður
The autumn has been beautiful here in Hafnarfjörður, and the colours in nature have been magnificent. Now the leaves are starting to fall from the trees and the autumn sweep is about to begin in the town. During the autumn sweep, all the town's streets are checked over, swept and an attempt is made to collect as much of the leaf litter that has fallen in recent days […]
Reorganisation of pension affairs – memorandum
The attached memorandum was submitted at the town council meeting this morning. The Town Council of Hafnarfjörður regrets that no agreement has been reached on the restructuring of public sector pension arrangements. Instead of covering the pension funds' deficits with debt instruments payable over the next thirty years, unless something changes municipalities will have to bear the burden of the increase […]
Neighbourhood consultation – South Harbour
Neighbourhood consultation – amendment to the detailed plan for Suðurhöfn, Óseyrarbraut 1–3 – The Planning and Building Committee of Hafnarfjörður, at its meeting on 4 October 2016, approved the local notification of a proposal for a minor amendment to the detailed plan for Suðurhöfn in Hafnarfjörður in accordance with section 1. Article 44 of the Planning Act no. 123/2010. The change consists of concreting a pavement from the boundary of the plot at Óseyrarbraut 3 and […]
Charging for parking permits is lawful
It is quite common in the town of Hafnarfjörður for landowners to have containers on their plots of land. At the beginning of 2016, a decision was made to introduce a procedure whereby applications for temporary placement permits for containers would be required, and that a fee would be charged for them, in accordance with section 2.6.1. section 2.6.1.2 of the Building Regulations No. 112/2012 and the rules on siting permits which were approved by the Hafnarfjörður Town Council […]
Prevention Day is today.
Wednesday, 12th October is dedicated to prevention. The Prevention Day was first held in the autumn of 2006 and is dedicated to several pieces of advice that can prevent children and teenagers from using drugs, advice that is relevant to all families in the country. The day is held at the initiative of the President of Iceland in cooperation with the Association of Icelandic Local Authorities, the Icelandic Olympic and Sports Association, the Icelandic Youth League, the Association of Icelandic […]
The Treasury guarantees the operation
State to guarantee nursing home's operation. Talks have been ongoing for the past few months between the City of Hafnarfjörður and the Ministry of Welfare after the municipality approached the ministry, requesting that a 2010 agreement on the construction and operation of a 60-bed nursing home in Hafreykirði under the so-called lease model would be reviewed. An agreement has now been reached on changes to the provisions of the older contract with regard to […]