This year's Söngkeppni Hafnarfjarðar 2023
The Hafnarfjörður youth club singing competition was held at the Bæjarbíó in the middle of last week. The two singers who will compete for Hafnarfjörður in the Samfés 2023 singing competition are Ellý Hákonardóttir from Ásnum at Áslandskóli and Sunna Björk Magnúsdóttir from Hrauni at Víðistaðaskóli.
A talented group of young people from Hafnarfjörður lets their light shine
The Hafnarfjörður youth club singing competition was held at the Bæjarbíó in the middle of last week. An exceptionally talented group of young people from Hafnarfjörður took to the stage, and it is safe to say that the competition was exciting and fierce. The judging panel, tasked with the important job of choosing the winners, consisted of Siggi Gunnars, Music Director of Rás 2; Kjalar Marteinsson Kollmar, singer and songwriter; and Silja Rós Ragnarsdóttir, singer and songwriter. They all have in common that they were involved in the TV Song Contest earlier this month, where Siggi Gunnars was the presenter and Kjalar and Silja sang the song ”Styð þína braut'. The two singers competing for Hafnarfjörður in the 2023 Samfés Song Contest are Ellý Hákonardóttir from the youth centre Ásnum at Áslandskóli, and Sunna Björk Magnúsdóttir from the youth centre Hrauni at Víðistaðaskóli.
Winners of the Hafnarfjörður Singing Competition 2023
The youth clubs of Hafnarfjörður have been holding the Hafnarfjörður Singing Competition for a number of years. It gives young people the opportunity to perform and sing in front of their peers and the town's residents. The winners of the Hafnarfjörður Singing Competition earn a place in the Samfés Singing Competition, which is held at the end of April each year. Many of our finest musicians first took to the stage in that competition.
- 1st place. Sunna Björk Magnúsdóttir. The youth centre Hraunið. Blue Butterfly (originally composed)
- 1st place. Ellý Hákonardóttir. The youth centre Ásinn. Strange with Celeste.
- 2nd place. Hrafnhildur Björk Ragnarsdóttir. The youth centre Hraunið. Hopelessly Devoted to You from Grease by John Farrar.
- 3rd place. Marta Manuela Estevez. The youth centre Aldan. Summertime Sadness by Lana Del Rey.
All participants in the 2023 Hafnarfjörður Song Contest: Marta Manuela Estevez (The Wave), Elísabet Ósk L. Ólafíudóttir (The Reef), Áslaug Sara Lárusdóttir (The Moss), Steiney Lilja Einarsdóttir (The Wave), Ellý Hákonardóttir (Ásinn), Sunna Björk Magnúsdóttir (Hraunið), Áróra Sif Rúnarsdóttir (Núið), Ísabella Berg Brynjarsdóttir (Mosinn), Hrafnhildur Björk Ragnarsdóttir (Hraunið) and the band Enter name (Vitinn)
The presenters were Ísak Gunnarsson from Ásnum and Ellen María Arnarsdóttir from Verinu.