The Minister of Education and Culture, Illugi Gunnarsson, and the Chair of Home and School – the National Parents' Association, Anna Margrét Sigurðardóttir, today signed an agreement on the creation of a literacy charter for parents and related promotional material. Áslandsskóli had the honour of hosting the signing, and the ceremony was conducted by the headteacher, Leifur S. Garðarsson. A National Literacy Charter has now been signed, in which local authorities and […]
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Conservation and Research Centre
An agreement for a new Preservation and Research Centre for the National Museum of Iceland at Tjarnarvellir in Hafnarfjörður has been signed. This new centre marks an important milestone in the preservation of national heritage in Iceland. It will provide ideal conditions for the preservation of national treasures under the correct security conditions, and well-equipped facilities for curatorial work, teaching and research in the professional field of the National Museum of Iceland, which is the principal museum for cultural heritage. In the building […]
The town council in the national game
The City Council of Hafnarfjörður has decided to enter the National Reading Challenge, thereby logging their reading of books, reports and papers for the next month. What's more, the town council plans to get their families involved in this worthy literacy project. On Husband's Day itself, the national campaign – the National Reading Challenge – was launched, where […]
Gudridur Osk Eliasdottir
At the start of the town council meeting on Wednesday, Guðríður Ósk Elíasdóttir was remembered, as she had recently passed away. Guðríður was a trade union leader and was actively involved in social affairs. She was the leader of the Framtíðin Women's Trade Union in Hafnarfjörður and a former vice-president of the ASÍ. Guðrún Ósk was a stalwart of the trade union movement, where she played a diverse role. She was an alternate town councillor from 1974 and a town councillor on […]
The Hafnarfjörður refugee families
The first group of Syrian refugees landed at Keflavik Airport on Tuesday afternoon after a long journey. The three refugee families, who are to settle in Hafnarfjörður, were not in the group this time. Two of them were unable to come and there will be some delay for the third due to family circumstances. The selection of new families is underway. These […]
Price below average
The ASÍ price monitoring is currently examining changes in local council fee structures. The day care fee for Hafnarfjörður's leisure centres is among the lowest overall, at just 3,146 króna below the lowest fee and 8,669 króna below the highest. The average price of day care across the board is 19,402 kr., whereas the price in Hafnarfjörður is 17,311 kr. The ASÍ Price Monitoring Service examined changes to fee schedules at the start of the year […]
Visible results of the measures
While nursery fee increases are generally taking place among the country's largest municipalities, according to the ASÍ price survey, the Borough of Hafnarfjörður is one of five municipalities that has remained virtually unchanged year-on-year. The municipality was in sixth place in 2014, in ASÍ's overview of the lowest nursery fees, but now holds the fourth position. Improvements in operations and a rethinking of processes and […]
Running a canteen
A partner is sought to operate the catering service at Hafnarborg, the cultural and art centre of Hafnarfjörður at Strandgata 34. The café offers various facilities, is open to everyone but is primarily intended as a service for visitors to Hafnarborg. Good facilities for serving coffee, refreshments and light meals. Opening hours will be linked to the opening hours of Hafnarborg, at a minimum. It is also welcome to […]
New Director of the Marketing Agency
Ása Sigríður Þórisdóttir has been appointed Managing Director of the new Marketing Bureau of Hafnarfjörður. Ása was selected from a field of around thirty applicants. Ása has extensive experience in project management, marketing, communications and education, having spent the last five years as a project manager for professional and promotional affairs at BHM. Prior to that, she worked at Visit Reykjavík on a variety of projects in the tourism sector. Ása […]
The Great Reading Competition
The Great Reading Competition is in full swing in the primary schools of Hafnarfjörður, where the Year 7 pupils are receiving targeted training in public speaking and reading. The final event of the competition for Hafnarfjörður will take place at Hafnarborg on Tuesday 8 March at 5 pm, where two representatives from each primary school will take part. At the final event, the results of the short story competition for pupils in years 8 to 10 will also be announced and […]