A meeting of the Hafnarfjörður Town Council has been called for Wednesday, 10th June at 14:00. Town residents and other interested parties are encouraged to follow the meeting here on the website.
Category: News
Project Manager, Marketing Office of Hafnarfjörður
Magnús Bjarni Baldursson has been appointed project manager of the new Marketing Office of Hafnarfjörður for six months. Magnús Bjarni was chosen from among around fifty applicants. Magnús Bjarni has considerable experience in marketing, brand development, advertising media and management. In addition, he has worked in university teaching, served on company boards and was chairman of the Association of Icelandic Advertising Agencies for a time. Magnús Bjarni […]
Award from the Education Council to Hraunvallaskolinn
In 2015, Hraunvallar School received an award from the Hafnarfjörður Education Council for its innovation and development work in the school's lower secondary phase. In recent years, the school's work at the junior secondary school level has been reorganised and further developed based on individualised pedagogy, taking the teaching environment (the school building) into account. The recognition from the Education Council aims to draw attention to the importance of school work in the community and to give recognition to individual projects […]
Acknowledgement of the Education Council to Víðivellir
Víðivellir Nursery School received the Education Council's award in 2015 for its professionalism and school development. The school has been carrying out a wide range of development work and has been a leader in many areas. The Education Council's award aims to highlight the importance of school work in the community and to recognise individual projects that contribute to school development, collaboration […]
Seafarers' Day
Seafarers' Day is a major day in Hafnarfjörður and is celebrated on the first Sunday in June each year. Programme: 8 a.m. Flags are raised to the masthead. 10 a.m. The Hafnarfjörður Brass Band plays at Hrafnista. 10:30 a.m. Wreath laid at the memorial by Víðistaðakirkja for lost seamen. 11 a.m. Seamen's Mass at the Fríkirkjan in Hafnarfjörður. 1 p.m. - 4 p.m. Flensborg Harbour's celebration programme: 1 p.m. - 4 p.m. […]
New Day Care Officer
Hrund Guðmundsdóttir has been appointed as the new Daycare Officer at the Hafnarfjörður School Office and will start her new role on 1 August. Hrund is qualified as an educator (pædagog) from Holstebro Pædagogseminarium in Denmark and also completed a B.Ed. degree at the University of Iceland. In June last year, she graduated from the University of Iceland with a Master's degree in Human Resources Management. Hrund has extensive experience […]
The Kveikjan entrepreneurship centre has moved to new premises.
The Kveikjan entrepreneurship centre, run by the Innovation Centre of Iceland in partnership with the municipalities of Hafnarfjörður and Garður, recently moved to new premises at Flatahrauni 14 in Hafnarfjörður, which was formerly home to the Hafnarfjörður fire station. The cooperation agreement between the City of Hafnarfjörður, the City of Garðabær, the municipality of Álftanes and the Innovation Centre of Iceland regarding the Kveikjan entrepreneurship centre was first signed on 1 May 2009. At that time, the entrepreneurship centre […]
Hraunvallaskóli 10 years
Yesterday, Hraunvallar School celebrated its 10th anniversary with a party at the school. There, the staff and pupils offered a variety of entertainment to guests and visitors. Three performances were held, where pupils took part in singing, dancing and giving speeches. All guests were then offered birthday cake and juice. The school staff, […]
The number of eTwinning teachers is increasing in the initiative
This school year, 2014-2015, a special project has been underway in Hafnarfjörður to give more primary school teachers in the town the opportunity to take an active part in the European Union's eTwinning project. Before the project began, 10.91% of teachers in Hafnarfjörður were registered on eTwinning, but by the end of the school year this figure had risen to 18.91%. The number of projects involving teachers from Hafnarfjörður was […]
The School of Medicine, winners of the sports tournament
Lækjarskóli is the winner of the primary school sports competition in Hafnarfjörður for the 2014-2015 school year. The competition was held at Kaplakriki this May. The events vary from year to year, but this year they were football, handball, bandy and athletics (long jump, 400m run and 200m relay). Each team is a mixed team of girls and boys […]