Category: News

Tonight, Hafnarfjörður and Akureyri are competing in the quiz show Útsvar. This year's team for the municipality is the same one that competed successfully on behalf of the town last year. We send our best wishes to Guðlaug Kristjánsdóttir, Kristbjörn Gunnarsson and Karl Guðmundsson. Anyone interested can come to the television studio to watch the quiz show live […]

The Municipality of Hafnarfjörður invites tenders for the design and consultancy for the building and grounds of the proposed Care Home at Sólvang. The building is estimated to be 3,900 square metres and the site approximately 5,000 square metres. Bidders are also required to connect the new building to the existing care home. Annex 1 has been issued. Tender documents will be available for collection at the Hafnarfjörður Municipal Service Centre, Strandgata 6, Hafnarfjörður. Tenders must be submitted to Norðurhæll […]

There is strong consensus among businesses in Hellnahraun and Selhraun in Hafnarfjörður regarding improved safety and services in the area. Around 20 people attended a recent discussion meeting between the businesses and the local council, where several issues were discussed regarding important safety-related works, as well as requests for improved snow clearance and transport services. The industrial estate is considered one […]

The Environment and Operations Committee of Hafnarfjörður Municipality discussed traffic safety at the junction of the Reykjanesbraut and Rauðhellu/Krýsuvíkurvegur at its meeting today. A motion put forward for the meeting is based in part on ongoing comments and calls from businesses in Hellnahraun and Selhraun, which were raised at a discussion meeting convened by the area's businesses last week. The following motion was approved […]

Now everyone interested has the opportunity to submit proposals and ideas for content to be included in the City of Hafnarfjörður's equality policy and equality plan. Submissions should be sent no later than 31 January 2016. Attached is a formal letter from the working group of the project appointed by the Hafnarfjörður Town Council. Icelandic, English and Polish versions of the letter can be […]

For the past six years, Jón Ragnar Jónsson, a musician par excellence, has visited every Year 8 pupil in Hafnarfjörður. This year will be no different, and visits to the primary schools will take place in January. The visit is part of the municipality's smokeless tobacco prevention programme.  Education that hits the mark directly. The Cancer Society of Hafnarfjörður has for years worked on […]

The ice and large piles of snow all over town have not gone unnoticed by anyone these days. Despite the council's staff having more or less been gritting the roads and pavements with sand and salt all week, there is little sign of any improvement. We ask residents to be careful and to join us in gritting and […]

New Year's Greetings from the Mayor of the City of Hafnarfjörður In a few words, I would like to summarise the past year, as well as express my opinion on the coming year, a year which, in my view, will be characterised by ambitious and successful projects and effective cooperation between the city's various units and companies. Looking back, the year 2015 was characterised by calculations, analyses and operational audits, […]

Renewals for Housing Benefit for 2016. Renewals for Housing Benefit for 2016 are now open. You can apply online via ‘My Pages‘ at www.hafnarfjordur.is.  The application, along with a certified copy of your 2015 tax return, must be received by 16 January 2016 at the latest. If the application and/or supporting documents are received later, payments for January will be cancelled. Note […]