Category: News

The City of Hafnarfjörður takes suggestions regarding the quality of the meals-on-wheels service for senior citizens in Hafnarfjörður very seriously and will do everything to ensure that good service, good food and a good price go hand in hand. The City apologises for any shortcomings and thanks everyone for the feedback and complaints that have been received. More than 100 senior citizens in […]

Words from the Mayor at the end of the month I have decided to make it a regular feature to put together a few words at the end of the month to report on interesting projects underway within the municipality and to give an overview of the month's challenges, ideas, visits and meetings. There is much to report, but with this I wish to inform […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]