Category: News

Tonight, Hafnarfjörður and Reykjavík are competing in Útsvar. We send our very best wishes to Guðlaug Kristjánsdóttir, Kristbjörn Gunnarsson and Karl Guðmundsson, hoping for a continued winning streak. The team faced Akureyri in January, where they emerged victorious. All interested parties can attend the television studio to watch the quiz show live and cheer on the team […]

Proposal for an amendment to the detailed plan for Einivellir 1-3, Vellir 3. The Planning and Building Committee of Hafnarfjörður approved it at its meeting on 8 March.2016 to advertise a proposal for an amended detailed plan for the plot at Einivellir 1-3 in accordance with section 43 of the Planning Act no. 123/2010. The change consists of increasing the number of dwellings by two, the plot's utilisation ratio will be up to 0.6 without a basement, building plots […]

BLUE APRIL – life is blue in different ways! Geniuses of all ages at Setbergsskóli wore blue today to raise awareness of the issues facing children with autism, as well as working with established facts about the condition. Pupils and teachers in the primary and nursery schools of Hafnarfjörður celebrated diversity by wearing blue in […]

Ásvallalaug will be closed on Saturday 2nd April and Sunday 3rd April until 14:00 due to the Actavis Swimming Meet.  The swimming pool will be open to the public from 14:00 to 17:00 on Sunday but will be completely closed on Saturday. The Actavismótið is an open swimming competition for all clubs and swimmers, with events in age categories and open categories. We encourage residents […]

March is dedicated to design and planning in Hafnarfjörður. The workshop „Your Place – Our Town“ was opened at Hafnarborg on Wednesday, 9 March, and will run until 3 April.  On display are the ideas and scenarios that have been proposed for the future planning of the City of Hafnarfjörður, including in connection with the report on urban densification and Flensborgarhöfn, 'Hafnarfjörður Every Day' […]

The pay increase for 14- to 16-year-olds in the Hafnarfjörður Summer School for the summer of 2016 amounts to 15%. The wages in the Summer School are therefore now more comparable to those offered for similar work to age groups in other municipalities. Jobs that are very important to the community. In the City of Hafnarfjörður's 2016 budget, total funding for the Hafnarfjörður Work Camp was increased from 158 million króna […]

Hafnarfjörður emphasises the responsible use of paper for its municipal institutions. One of the ways the town achieves this is through the Rent A Prent (RAP) printing service from Nýherji.  The service ensures, among other things, increased security and oversight of data handling. Furthermore, the identification on printed material significantly reduces paper and printing waste. Environmental issues are very important to the City of Hafnarfjörður […]

At the beginning of the year, input was sought from residents and other interested parties on the content of the City of Hafnarfjörður's equality policy and equality plan. A new plan is now ready, and work on the equality policy is also well underway. The aim of the City of Hafnarfjörður's equality plan is to promote gender equality and to integrate gender and equality perspectives into all the city's activities. The action plan […]

Two representatives from the Hafnarfjörður Youth Council, Lára Rós Friðriksdóttir and Katrín Rós Þrastardóttir, attended the conference of the Youth Council of the Icelandic Youth League from 16-18 March. The conference was held at Hotel Selfoss and this year's theme was: Down with the Mask – the mental health of young people in Iceland. This is the seventh time that the Icelandic Youth Association has organised the conference, Ungt fólk […]