Category: News

The City of Hafnarfjörður and Blátt áfram have signed an agreement regarding education against sexual violence towards children for the years 2015 and 2016. For several years, the City of Hafnarfjörður has offered staff who work with children and young people courses from Blátt áfram, which cover preventative measures against sexual violence. Around 700 staff members have attended such training. Now […]

The City of Hafnarfjörður's service centre now provides information and assistance in Polish, as a Polish-speaking service representative recently started work. This greatly improves services for the municipality's approximately 1,100 Polish-speaking residents. Staff at the Hafnarfjörður Service Centre provide general services and information, as well as assisting with applications for services. The Service Centre is located at Strandgata 6, and its opening hours are from 8:00 to 16:00 every weekday […]

A meeting of the Hafnarfjörður Town Council has been called for Wednesday, 28 October 2015. Agenda for the Town Council meeting on 28 October 2015. Town residents and other interested parties are encouraged to follow the meeting here on the website.

The City of Hafnarfjörður and the Immigration Authority have signed agreements on services and accommodation for three families of asylum seekers while their cases are being processed by the Icelandic authorities. Haraldur L. Haraldsson, the Mayor, and Kristín Völundardóttir, Director of the Immigration Authority, signed the agreement along with Ragnhildur Hjaltadóttir, Director of the Ministry of the Interior, who ratified the agreement on behalf of the Minister. The agreement is valid until 1 March 2016. „This […]

A new work group for young disabled people at Húsið, named The Wasps, will be running a café on Friday, 23rd October between 16:30 and 18:30 at Staðarberg 6. Coffee, hot chocolate, cupcakes and sausage rolls will be among the items on offer for a small charge, and there will also be a craft stall on site, as the group has spent the past few weeks […]

Christmas is approaching, and the time is coming around again to put up the Christmas lights and decorations. The head gardener is looking for spruce trees in gardens that may have outlived their usefulness there. Spruce trees can become very tall and often take up a considerable amount of space, and removing such trees can be costly for the garden owner, so it was decided […]

Today marked a milestone for the facilities for teenagers at Öldutúnsskóli. A new space was formally opened for students to use during break times, for group work in lessons, and for the school's youth club, Öldan. The space, where the old IT suite used to be, features sofas, group work tables, computers, a projector, magazines and more. Over the past few weeks, students and staff have been taking […]

The first public electricity supply in Iceland began operating in Hafnarfjörður in 1904. The power station was on Austurgata and was owned by Jóhannes Reykdal. Due to high demand for electricity in the town the following year, it was decided to build a new and much larger power station at Hörðuvellir. Jóhannes leased the land from the estate manager at Görðar but, in addition to the dam, he had a long water conduit built […]

On the recommendation of the Refugee Committee, the Minister for Social Affairs and Housing has decided to accept the offer of the municipalities of Akureyri, Hafnarfjörður and Kópavogur to enter into negotiations on the reception of the first group of refugees whom the Icelandic authorities intend to invite to Iceland, and who are expected to arrive in December. On the website of the Ministry of Welfare a letter is published to those municipalities that have expressed […]