On 19th April, the last day of winter, the City of Hafnarfjörður will appoint the City Artist of Hafnarfjörður for 2017. Only practising artists with permanent residency in Hafnarfjörður are eligible for the award, based on their registered address for the last 12 months. Applications or substantiated recommendations are requested, which the Cultural and Tourism Committee will take into consideration when selecting the City Artist. Applications […]
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Tender – Mowing and Cleaning
Hafnarfjörður Municipality invites tenders for the following project. Mowing of open spaces. The work consists of mowing the municipality's open spaces in accordance with the contractor's further instructions, totalling 69 hectares (692,000 m²). These consist of embankments with varying gradients and flat areas. Tenders will be opened at the Environmental and Planning Services on 18 January 2017 at 10:00. Clearing of planting beds […]
Go Hafnarfjörður in Útsvar!
Come on, Hafnarfjörður! On New Year's Day itself – Friday evening, 6th January – Hafnarfjörður and Fjallabyggð will go head-to-head in a knockout match in Útsvar. This year's Hafnarfjörður team consists of Tómas Geir Howser Harðarson, Sólveig Ólafsdóttir and Guðlaug Kristjánsdóttir. We send our team our very best wishes and look forward to seeing them on screen! Anyone interested can attend the television studio at […]
Jobcentre closes
The Hafnarfjörður Employment Centre closed around the turn of the year. The Employment Centre began its operations in the spring of 2010 under an agreement between the Municipality of Hafnarfjörður and the Employment Authority. The Centre has provided job placement, advice and other services to jobseekers in Hafnarfjörður. The Employment Centre was established to respond to difficulties in the labour market and the consequences of the economic crisis. There have been changes in this regard in recent terms and […]
New arrangement
Notice regarding the new arrangements for housing benefit payments (formerly rent subsidy). On 1 January 2017, Act No. 75/2016 on housing benefits will come into force, repealing Act No. 138/1997 on rent subsidy. The aim of the new Act is to reduce the housing costs of less well-off tenants by means of housing benefit for the rental of residential accommodation, and to reduce inequality in the housing market. Local authorities have hitherto […]
New Property Project Manager
Stefán E. Stefánsson has been appointed as Project Manager for Property at the Environmental and Planning Services. Stefán holds an MSc in Engineering. He has worked in Norway for the past few terms at the Bergen Waterworks, among other roles as Director of Water Distribution. Prior to that, he was the Municipal Engineer for the Municipality of Seltjarnarnes, where he was responsible for all the council's projects. Stefán will take […]
Model nursery children
Hardworking residents of Hafnarfjörður support healthcare in Lebanon. The children at the Norðurberg nursery school in Hafnarfjörður are exceptionally imaginative and full of love. They proved this this week when they visited the Red Cross in Hafnarfjörður with a surprise. The children had collected bottles to return for recycling, and the deposit amounted to a whole 25,068 krónur. The children's assessment was that […]
Organisational changes
Proposal for an amendment to the 2013–2025 Master Plan of Hafnarfjörður regarding water protection boundaries, in order to align with the Regional Plan for the Capital Area. The City Council of Hafnarfjörður approved at its meeting on 23 November 2016 a proposal for an amendment to the Master Plan of Hafnarfjörður 2013-2025 concerning water protection boundaries to align with the Regional Plan for the Capital Area, and it was published in accordance with Article 31 of the Planning Act no. 123/2010. The amendment proposal entails that the wellfield at Straumsel is removed […]
Let's clean up after the New Year
Happy New Year, dear residents of Hafnarfjörður! A lot of rubbish is generated over the New Year period when tonnes of fireworks are launched into the air. There are quite a lot of empty firework boxes, sticks and twigs lying scattered around the town at the start of the year, and we appeal to residents and businesses in the area to take care of their local surroundings and […]
Grants for Master's students
Municipal Affairs – Grants for Master's Students. For the second time, the Association of Icelandic Municipalities is awarding grants to up to three master's students to complete a final project in the field of municipal governance related to the association's 2014-2018 strategic plan. This time, up to 750,000 kr. is available for allocation, and the aim is to award three grants. Electronic application form, procedures for the allocation, […]