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The UMFÍ „MOVE WEEK“ is a European campaign that aims to promote the benefits of regularly taking part in physical activity and sport. The Healthy Town of Hafnarfjörður is taking part in the project. The Haukar running group is holding an open training session, the seniors' association is organising walks and gymnastics, the Flensborg Run and the Health Centre are offering health checks, to name but a few. […]

At a meeting of the Family Council of Hafnarfjörður on 11 September 2015, it was agreed to allocate funding for a one-year pilot project on innovation in employment for disabled people in Hafnarfjörður. The project is being carried out in consultation with the Employment Authority. Guðlaug Kristjánsdóttir, chair of the Family Council, says that a pilot workshop will be established with the aim of creating opportunities for disabled people to […]

A meeting of the Hafnarfjörður Town Council has been called for Wednesday, 16 September. Agenda for the Town Council meeting on 16 September 2015. Town residents and other interested parties are encouraged to follow the meeting here on the website.

Programme 2015 9 – 22 September Cycle to School – students and staff of the country's secondary schools compete against each other to use an active mode of transport most often to and from school.  Further information. (Opens in a new browser tab) Wednesday 16 September – Reykjavík Day of Icelandic Nature Opening of the week – Cycling programme presented 11:00–14:00. Event on Bankastræti – nursery school children come […]

At a meeting of the Education Committee yesterday, Geir Bjarnason, Sports and Leisure Officer, presented a report from Rannsóknir og greining, commissioned by the Ministry of Education, which deals with substance use among pupils in the upper years of Hafnarfjörður's primary schools. Since 2003, the City of Hafnarfjörður has received a special breakdown of this survey, analysing the data for each individual school. This has made it possible to […]

At a meeting of the President's Committee of Hafnarfjörður Municipality last Monday, the draft of a new by-law on the administration of the Borough of Hafnarfjörður and the rules of procedure for the Borough Council were discussed, along with the draft regulations for the Port of Hafnarfjörður. Attached to the minutes were notes from the Legal and Welfare Department and the Economic and Information Department of the Association of Icelandic Local Authorities regarding a working document that had been in preparation within the city's administration and never came to fruition […]

  On Friday, the quiz competition Útsvar begins on Ríkissjónvarpið, with Hafnarfjörður and Árborg the first to take to the stage. Our team is well-trained, but they, Guðlaug Kristjánsdóttir, Kristbjörn Gunnarsson and Karl Guðmundsson, will be repeating the feat from last year. Now, all that's left to do is send our team good vibes, and for those who wish […]

Gísli Rafn Ólafsson visited Víðistaðaskóli last Friday and gave a lecture to the Year 10 pupils about his experience of humanitarian work. Gísli Rafn also spoke about how students can help and contribute to humanitarian work. Gísli Rafn has worked all over the world on humanitarian projects and is an expert in using technology in […]

A partnership agreement has been signed between the City of Hafnarfjörður, representatives of Homes and Schools in Hafnarfjörður, and the Minister of Education and Culture on a national initiative for children's and young people's literacy. At the signing of the charter, Rósa Guðbjartsdóttir, chair of the education committee, emphasised that reading needs to be enjoyable. „In my opinion, it is a major task to try to reach people, […]

Today, 10-year-old pupil Ævar Jóhannesson from Lækjarskóli came to meet Mayor Harald to discuss planning permission for a cabin that he and his friends wanted to build in Lárugerði, which is located below the KFUMK building on Hverfisgata. They discussed the possibility of building a treehouse in the garden but in the end, the conclusion was […]