Grants from the Fridrik and Gudlaug Fund awarded
Four projects today received grants from the Friðrik Bjarnason and Guðlaug Pétursdóttir Fund, and the grants were presented in a light-hearted ceremony at Hafnarfjörður Library at the couple's piano in the library's music department. The projects have in common that they promote and strengthen the town's musical life, and particularly the singing scene, just as the fund's regulations stipulate. The awards are presented on Friðrik's birthday, 27 November, each year.
„You're ugly, Hafnarfjörður“
Four projects today received grants from the Friðrik Bjarnason and Guðlaug Pétursdóttir Fund, and the grants were presented in a light-hearted ceremony at Hafnarfjörður Library at the couple's piano in the library's music department. The projects have in common that they promote and strengthen the town's musical life, and particularly the singing scene, just as the fund's regulations stipulate. The awards are presented on Friðrik's birthday, 27 November, each year.
June Sun, Song Festival and HIMA in Hafnarfjörður 2024
The couple gave almost all their assets to the City of Hafnarfjörður before they died, and a fund was established from their gift to support and promote the musical life in Hafnarfjörður. Applications for the fund are invited annually. Ármann Helgason received a grant of kr. 150,000 for the project. Song and butterflies in the June sun in brighter days. A singing festival at Hafnarborg with Andlag Received a grant of kr. 200,000. The Hafnarfjörður Chamber Choir received a grant of kr. 150,000 for the project. A Song of Life and Soul – The Works of Fridrik. HIMA International Music Academy received kr. 200,000 for the project. HIMA International Music Academy in Hafnarfjörður, summer 2024.
A fund to enhance the musical life of Hafnarfjörður
In a will from 1960, the couple Friðrik Bjarnason and Guðlaug Pétursdóttir bequeathed a large part of their assets to the City of Hafnarfjörður and stipulated that books and items should be preserved in the library and that a fund should be established to “to promote the musical life of Hafnarfjörður in whatever way is considered best at the time, with particular emphasis on promoting choral singing in the town“, and „to support students of music and music scholars“. Their principal song, by the organist and composer Friðrik Bjarnaason and his wife Guðlaug Pétursdóttir, is our local anthem for Hafnarfjörður: „Thou fair Hafnarfjörður“.