The Children's Book and Film Festival, a cultural festival for children in Hafnarfjörður, will be held from 15th to 21st February. This week, a special emphasis will be placed on books and films, and on creative and fun activities related to both. The aim of the festival is to foster children's interest in reading and literacy in the broadest sense, and the festival will support literacy projects […]
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Centre for Elderly Care Services
Preparations have begun for the construction of a new sixty-bed care home on the Sólvangur site, and the proposals from Hafnarfjörður's municipal authorities are to connect the building to Sólvangur and partly use Sólvangur as a service centre for the municipality's elderly residents. In addition, it is planned that a further twenty nursing rooms will be added if the Ministry of Welfare approves the council's proposals […]
Creative purpose with technology
Kindergartens in Hafnarfjörður are celebrating Kindergarten Day, among other things with the formal opening and launch of a new website featuring videos and information about creative projects that kindergartens in Hafnarfjörður have been working on in recent terms. The site's aim is in particular to highlight the creative use of tablets in school activities. The City of Hafnarfjörður […]
Theory and multiculturalism
The development and evolution of the Icelandic multicultural society. The conference 'Academia and Multiculturalism 2016' will take place at the University of Iceland on Saturday, 6 February, from 10:00 to 14:30. The conference aims to share and build further knowledge in the field of multiculturalism. It will, among other things, discuss how the Icelandic academic and professional community can work more closely together to increase knowledge of the subject and how […]
Public meeting postponed
It has been decided to postpone the open meeting on matters concerning senior citizens in Hafnarfjörður due to a warning from the Civil Defence about severe weather later in the day. The meeting is scheduled to be held at the same place and time on Thursday, 11 February, from 18:00 to 20:30. Please save the date. Further details will be announced closer to the time! __________________________________________ HAVE […]
Congratulations, nurseries!
Today is Nursery School Day, celebrated nationwide for the ninth time. All those working in the country's nursery schools are encouraged to celebrate the day with the children and use it to publicly promote the important work that takes place in them. A visit to Álfaberg Haraldur […]
Assignment of achievement grants
The board of the ÍBH Elite Athletes' Fund today allocated grants to the member clubs of ÍBH for major championships in 2015 in the senior, junior and youth categories. The board of the fund deemed eighteen projects in the senior categories and sixteen in the junior/youth categories to be eligible for grants this year. The role of the ÍBH Performance Fund is to operate in accordance with its regulations, which include the following categories: travel grants, performance grants on […]
Primary School Festival 2016
On Wednesday, 3rd February, the Hafnarfjörður Primary School Festival will take place. The youth clubs and primary schools in Hafnarfjörður have been running this project for years, and the festival has been a great credit to the young people and their projects. During the day, there will be performances at the Gaflar Theatre at 13:00 and 15:00, where pupils from the town's schools will showcase the results of all kinds of art-related work. Performance at 13:00 […]
Museum Night in Hafnarfjörður
Museums in Hafnarfjörður are taking an active part in Museum Night on Friday 5 February with a varied programme. In Hafnarfjörður, over twenty events will be on offer. Museum Night is part of the Winter Festival. The Hafnarfjörður Library, the Hafnarfjörður Folk Museum and Hafnarborg will take part in the festival with an active and varied programme. The three museums will be open from 7 pm to […]
Oppose the change
The Family Council of Hafnarfjörður protests the decision by the Health Service of the Capital Region (HH) to move the home nursing service in Hafnarfjörður from its premises at Sólvangur and Fjörður to Kópavogur without any consultation. Efficient use for the benefit of users The Executive Management of HH has decided to merge home nursing in the southern region (Kópavogur, Garðabær and Hafnarfjörður), and it is planned that the new service will begin in May 2016. […]