At a meeting of the Hafnarfjörður Town Council today, the following resolution was passed: „The Hafnarfjörður Town Council expresses concern about the future of the Hafnarfjörður Vocational School in light of the discussions now underway regarding a possible merger with the Technical College. The Vocational School has an important role to play in the educational community in Hafnarfjörður and serves not only the many young people from Hafnarfjörður who attend it […]
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Symposium – Striding out on women's paths
On Saturday 18 April at 2 pm, a symposium will be held in connection with the MENN exhibition, which is currently on display at Hafnarborg. The Research Institute for Gender Studies at the University of Iceland (RIKK) is organising the symposium, where academics and social commentators come together to discuss topics from the perspective of men's and gender studies. The participants are all well-known for their research or writing on equality issues, but they are […]
Nominations sought
The Hafnarfjörður School Office is seeking nominations for the 2015 Hafnarfjörður Education Council Awards, with 1-3 awards being presented annually. The aim of the award is to highlight the importance of school work by giving special recognition to individual school projects in Hafnarfjörður that are considered noteworthy. We are looking for projects that have been guided by initiative, professionalism and responsibility, where collaboration […]
Good discussions at the youth parliament
The Youth Council of Hafnarfjörður held its annual youth assembly at the youth centre Vitan in Lækjarskóli on the evening of Monday, 13th April. There, young people in Hafnarfjörður have the opportunity to put forward suggestions, which the youth council then develops further and presents to the local council. The event led to good discussions and various proposals were put forward, but at the start, the young people wrote down their ideas on yellow […]
Town Council Meeting, 15th April
A meeting of the Hafnarfjörður Town Council has been called for Wednesday, 15th April at 14:00. Town residents and other interested parties are encouraged to follow the meeting here on the website.
Public meeting on the future use of Víðistaðatún
Monday, 20th April at 19:30 in Hraunbyrgi, the scout hall at Víðistaðatún. A working group commissioned by the City of Hafnarfjörður recently began work, tasked with exploring ways to make even better use of Víðistaðatún and to shape a vision for the area. The working group is now appealing to those interested in contributing to the project and is holding an open public meeting where the issues will be […]
Jónína Guðnadóttir – Curator at Hafnarborg
On Sunday, 12th April at 2 p.m., visitors to Hafnarborg will have the opportunity to learn about the interesting career of the artist Jónína Guðnadóttir (b. 1943). Jónína has lived and worked in Hafnarfjörður for almost four decades and has run a studio there where she has created both functional objects and works of art. Photographs of works from throughout her career will be shown, and Petrún […]
Great teenagers
The results of a survey by Rannsóknir og greining, conducted in February among all pupils in the 8th, 9th and 10th grades in Hafnarfjörður, show a positive trend in adolescent substance use. Every year, teenagers in Iceland take part in this survey, and the valid responses from the students who participated are processed. In total, 84% students in the upper years of the primary schools […]
With the rising sun
On Tuesday, 7th April at 12 noon, the bass singer and Hafnarfjörður native, Sigurður Skagfjörð Steingrímsson, will perform at a lunchtime concert in Hafnarborg, accompanied by pianist Antónia Hevesi. At the concert, entitled ’With the Rising Sun', Sigurður will perform Icelandic songs by Sigvaldi Kaldalóns and Sveinbjörn Sveinbjörnsson, as well as Ol' Man River from the musical 'Showboat' and 'Als Büblein klein', an aria from the opera 'Die lustige Weiber von Windsor' by […]
Hafnarfjörður in Útsvar tonight
Tonight, Hafnarfjörður and Fljótsdalshérað are competing in the quiz show Útsvar. We are, of course, sending our best wishes to Guðlaug, Kristbjörn and Karl, and anyone who wishes can come to the television studio to watch and cheer them on. Our team consists of Guðlaug Kristjánsdóttir, Kristbjörn Gunnarsson and Karl Guðmundsson. Come on, Hafnarfjörður!