{"id":14689,"date":"2021-05-28T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-28T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/friends-you-haven-t-met-sjonraen-frasogn-um-ungt-folk\/"},"modified":"2022-09-26T15:17:25","modified_gmt":"2022-09-26T15:17:25","slug":"friends-you-havent-met-a-fictional-account-of-young-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/friends-you-haven-t-met-sjonraen-frasogn-um-ungt-folk\/","title":{"rendered":"Friends you haven't met \u2013 a visual narrative about young people"},"content":{"rendered":"

The exhibition \u201eFriends you haven't met,\u201c a visual narrative about young people from the twin towns of Frederiksberg in Denmark and Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur in Iceland, was officially opened yesterday in the foyer of \u00c1svallalaugar and the SH Banqueting Hall by Kristinn Andersen, Mayor of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur, Gu\u00f0bj\u00f6rgu Oddn\u00fdju J\u00f3nasd\u00f3ttur, Chair of the Culture and Tourism Committee of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur, and Eva Egesborg Hansen, Danish Ambassador to Iceland. Light refreshments were served and T\u00f3mas Vigur, who is also taking part in the exhibition, performed a musical piece. The exhibition will be open until 23 June.<\/p>\n

A visual narrative about young people in their hometown <\/h4>\n

At the exhibition, visitors meet young people in their home town, who tell us what it's like to be young, what they dream of for the future, and what they're most interested in at the moment. How does it bring them joy and a sense of freedom? The two twin towns are very different, but the young people have a lot in common.\u00a0The concept, photography and design are by Shazia Khan and Mette Lauritzen, and the project is supported by the City of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur, the Frederiksberg Fund, the Municipality of Frederiksberg, the Danish-Icelandic Fund and the Danish-Icelandic Cooperation Fund.<\/p>\n

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70th anniversary of the twinning of the towns<\/h4>\n

In 2021, Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur and Frederiksberg celebrate their 70th anniversary as twin towns. Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur became part of a Nordic twinning association in 1951 with Frederiksberg in Denmark, Uppsala in Sweden, B\u00e6rum in Norway and H\u00e4meenlinna in Finland. Cooperation between the towns began after the Second World War when they felt the need to strengthen the bond between the Nordic nations. Today, these twin towns focus mainly on cultural exchange, sporting and business links.<\/p>\n

Bright days all summer long <\/h4>\n

The exhibition is part Bright days<\/a>. Since the festival began on the last day of winter, a special emphasis has been placed on youth culture in the festival's programme to encourage young people to take an active part in cultural activities, provide them with opportunities to enjoy art and culture, and harness their creativity. In a normal year, this first town festival of its kind in the country runs for five days, but this year the festival, which began on the last day of winter with the selection of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur's town artist, the presentation of cultural grants and a summer concert by students, will run all summer and be the highlight of a diverse programme of festivities. <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

S\u00fdningin \u201eFriends you haven’t met,\u201c sj\u00f3nr\u00e6n fr\u00e1s\u00f6gn um ungt f\u00f3lk fr\u00e1 vinab\u00e6junum Frederiksberg \u00ed Danm\u00f6rku og Hafnarfir\u00f0i \u00e1 \u00cdslandi, var  opnu\u00f0 formlega \u00ed anddyri \u00c1svallalaugar og veislusal SH \u00ed g\u00e6r af Kristni Andersen forseta b\u00e6jarstj\u00f3rnar Hafnarfjar\u00f0ar, Gu\u00f0bj\u00f6rgu Oddn\u00fdju J\u00f3nasd\u00f3ttur  formanni menningar- og fer\u00f0am\u00e1lanefndar Hafnarfjar\u00f0ar og Evu Egesborg Hansen sendiherra Danmerkur \u00e1 \u00cdslandi. Bo\u00f0i\u00f0 var upp […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18486,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_breakdance_hide_in_design_set":false,"_breakdance_tags":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14689","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-frettir"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14689","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14689"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14689\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18486"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14689"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14689"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14689"}],"curies":[{"name":"WordPress","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}