Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur's Facebook page <\/a><\/p>\nStories from the year of birth 1950<\/h4>\n
The year 1951 has gone down in history for many reasons. In the history of humankind, the year is chiefly remembered for the invention of the heart-lung machine, the start of nuclear power generation in the United States, the opening of the United Nations Headquarters in New York, and the ongoing Korean War, Stalin declared that the Soviet Union had developed nuclear bombs, and the Rosenbergs were the first people in the United States to be sentenced to death for espionage, accused of leaking information to the Soviet Union that helped them to develop the aforementioned nuclear bombs. Famous people born in 1951 include Sting, Jane Seymour, Phil Collins and Bonnie Tyler.<\/p>\n
In Iceland, the following was of most note\u2026. <\/h4>\n
In the history of Iceland, the main events were the return of the American Army to Iceland following the signing of the defence agreement, the aeroplane Glitfaxi crashed in Faxafl\u00f3i, killing 20 people, The National Gallery was opened in the National Museum building, the patrol vessel \u00de\u00f3r arrived in the country, and the classic radio programme \u201ePatients\u201c Wishes' began on the state broadcaster.<\/p>\n
In Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur, the following were the main news items\u2026. <\/h4>\n
Here
\nIn Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur, a few other interesting things also happened in 1951. The year began in
\nto the town's cinemas with the film \u201eGlad Youth\u201c, which was fun and lively.
\na new American film at Hafnarfjar\u00f0arb\u00ed\u00f3 and the very entertaining and beautiful American
\na musical film in natural colours \u201eRomance on the high seas or musical magic in
\nTown cinema.<\/p>\n
The employment situation
\nThe town was in a dire state at the beginning of the year, so dire that the Hl\u00edf Trade Union
\nsent a communication to the town council requesting that the number be increased in
\nthe town's work and that the old town's fishing trawlers would be put to sea again. It was
\nhowever, such that due to the high price of coal at that time, it was clear that
\nThese trawlers would be operated at a loss of 100,000 kr\u00f3nur per month, and therefore it was
\nIt was not possible to comply with this request. Emil J\u00f3nsson had then tried to secure funding.
\nfrom the treasury to convert the trawlers and install oil-fired boilers in them, but that did not materialise. In connection with this, it was decided to call on private enterprise
\nThe town's fishing companies land their catch here and have it processed in the town.
\nrather than sailing it unprocessed to the English market, as the Municipal Fisheries had
\nwhen the decision is made to do it.<\/p>\n
In March
\nwas partially rectified when J\u00fan\u00ed, the new trawler of B\u00e6jar\u00fatger\u00f0ar Hafnarfjar\u00f0ar
\nIt came to its home port for the first time. It was in every respect a most splendid fishing vessel.
\nand the most perfect thing that had been made from the town. June was one of
\nof the 10 trawlers that the government had contracted for construction, but when he arrived
\nA great festival was held in Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur and many local residents made the trip.
\ndown to the quay to receive the ship despite the cold weather.<\/p>\n
The year
\nIn 1951, the first Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur ski competition was held; it was a cross-country ski competition.
\n\u00cdBH organised it in collaboration with the primary school, and there were just over 60 competitors.
\nof the count. For some time leading up to the competition, Gudj\u00f3n Sigurj\u00f3nsson had been organising
\ntraining to prepare competitors, but the competition was held at Setbergst\u00fani and
\nIt attracted a great deal of attention and was a resounding success.<\/p>\n
Through
\nIn the old days, it was customary to call upon the scouts in the town whenever something needed fixing.
\nAh, when people had to be searched, etc. An example of this was when the aeroplane
\nGeysir made a forced landing on the Vatnaj\u00f6kull glacier in the autumn of 1950; on board were, among others, several scouts from
\nThe harbour authorities were brought in to assist with the search. This resulted in early
\nIn 1951, 18 members of the Hraunb\u00faar Scout Group came together and founded
\nThe Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur Scout Rescue Squad. The purpose was to have a special unit in the town.
\nA Scout troop whose main objective was rescue and relief work.
\nThe auxiliary corps was initially a section within the Hraunb\u00faar Scout Association, but however
\nwith separate finances.<\/p>\n
It was
\nalso this year, Rafha, in collaboration with the engineering firm H\u00e9\u00f0inn, decided to produce
\ncombined washing machines. These were machines that were named Mj\u00f6ll and they were
\nadvertised as suitable, sturdy and inexpensive. People had to order the engines
\nin good time and pay a confirmation fee. Upon payment of this, people received
\nnumbers were handed in and the machines were processed accordingly. It was noted that
\nTheir sale began half a year before delivery and, due to inflation, the price was fixed.
\nup to 3,000 kr based on the price at the time, but it is open to the possibility that they may have increased in price by the time of delivery. <\/p>\n
On
\nIn the spring of 1951, the Fegrunarf\u00e9lag Hafnarfjar\u00f0ar was founded in the town for
\nby the Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur Rodeo Club. The purpose of the association was to work on
\nto beautify the town and to provide assistance and support to its residents for that purpose. The association
\nprovided great assistance to garden owners and, among other things, arranged for gardens to be sprayed
\nin addition to which it had an adviser who guided people
\nregarding gardening. The society then held a competition and awarded prizes and
\nAwards for beautiful gardens and tidy surroundings.<\/p>\n
Annual General Meeting
\n\u00cdBH put forward two interesting challenges to the town this year. In the first
\nIt seems that the town and the state's sports representative pushed for it to be done.
\nto the swimming pool building, but at that time the swimming pool was an outdoor pool. Then
\nThe town council was urged to buy V\u00ed\u00f0ista\u00f0ir and to get started straight away.
\nconstruction of a sports stadium there for Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur in accordance with the drawings
\nwhich were on the table. As for the first point, it suffices to say that the State's Finance Council
\nrejected Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur's application for an investment permit for the superstructure.
\nThat decision was appealed and the permit was eventually granted, and work began on it.
\nLate-year project <\/p>\n
This year
\nlike many of its predecessors, it was characterised by extensive construction work.
\nthe harbour in Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur. Work on the southern pier began in 1948 and its purpose was
\nto defend the harbour from the south-westerly direction. What happened most notably in that
\nThe execution in 1951, which attracted great attention, was when a Dutch tugboat
\nsailed into the harbour early in the morning on a beautiful June day with a 62-metre-long
\nAn invasion system in the rear. It was one of those systems that the Allies
\nwere used during the invasion of Normandy at the end of the Second World War. The units were used there to establish temporary harbours on an open beach but
\nThis system and another similar one that arrived in the autumn months were used in the making.
\nof the harbour wall and a quay there. The other was sunk inside the front of the wall but
\nThe other was used as a tug quay inside it.<\/p>\n
About
\nThe autumn term began with the reopening of the Music School, and attention was drawn to a new initiative.
\nhis activities. The innovation was that instruction in art dance was introduced and
\nballet, and Sigr\u00ed\u00f0ur \u00c1rmann had been appointed as a teacher in that discipline. It was stated in
\nA news report from the school stated that ballet was considered by many to be the most perfect art form.
\nArtistic expression. Dance was also considered to enhance sensitivity to rhythm and music.
\nwhich refines and polishes people's behaviour and customs.<\/p>\n
About
\nIn the autumn of 1951, a new factory began operations in Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur, but it was
\nThe rock wool factory which stood at the junction of L\u00e6kjargata and Hringbraut. Factory
\nThis was at the time considered a great technological marvel, but the operation consisted of this
\nto melt stone at a temperature of 1400-1500 degrees and then blow air or steam through it
\nthe mass and thus form rock wool. The factory was powered solely by electricity.
\nbut because of the great deal of energy it required, it could only be operated
\nwhen electricity consumption in the town was low, in the summer and at night.<\/p>\n
Decided
\nwere carrying out an experiment with improvements to the town's street lighting in 1951 and were
\nConcrete posts with fluorescent lights were erected on Strandgatan. It was about
\nto discuss an innovative experiment that appeared to be very successful. The start-up costs of these
\nThe light was great, the poles were large and substantial, but the running costs were
\nsignificantly lower than that of conventional streetlights, the electricity consumption was only about
\none third of what it was before, but the light intensity was three times greater. Previously,
\nan experiment was carried out with a so-called \u201esodium lamp\u201c at the top of the Reykjavik Road but
\nIts disadvantages were that the light's colour was not sufficiently pleasant, for example.
\nher red lips turned blue and her complexion became completely pale and wrinkled, and came
\nThey therefore do not consider those lamps.<\/p>\n
From
\nIn police matters, it was reported early in the year that a news story was published about
\nthat a prisoner had escaped from the prison in Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur. It concerned 18
\na boy who got out of his cell by breaking the window frames, but
\nThis was the second time in a short space of time that this same prisoner had broken out.
\nthe prison in Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur. Whether there was a connection between them shall be left unsaid, but
\nOn that same night, Einar Sigurj\u00f3nsson's barber's shop was broken into at
\nThe Strand and stole from there a 40\u201350 krone coin.<\/p>\n
At the end of the year
\nIn 1951, the Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur Angling Club was founded in the town, and the founding members were
\njust over 40. As the association was founded at the end of the year, this activity was not
\na great deal that year, but the very next spring a contract was made for the right to hunt in
\nHl\u00ed\u00f0arvatn in Selvogur.<\/p>\n
The year
\nended up just as the years generally did in Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur at that time, with
\nChristmas tree parties at the Good Templar Hall and Christmas films in the town's cinemas.
\nAt Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur Cinema, this year's Christmas film was an American revue film which featured
\nthe name \u201eA Bit of This and That\u201c, but at the Town Cinema the explosively hilarious new one was shown
\nThe Swedish comedy film \u201ePoor Little Swain\u201c was shown to great popularity.<\/p>\n
Sources<\/h4>\n\n- The Morning Newspaper, 3 January 1951, p. 9<\/li>\n
- Al\u00fe\u00fd\u00f0ubla\u00f0 Hafnarfjar\u00f0ar, 03. 03. 1951, p. 1<\/li>\n
- Al\u00fe\u00fd\u00f0ubla\u00f0 Hafnarfjar\u00f0ar, 03. 03. 1951, p. 2<\/li>\n
- Al\u00fe\u00fd\u00f0ubla\u00f0 Hafnarfjar\u00f0ar, 17 March 1951, p. 1<\/li>\n
- Al\u00fe\u00fd\u00f0ubla\u00f0 Hafnarfjar\u00f0ar, 17 March 1951, p. 2<\/li>\n
- The History of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur, 1908\u20131983, 3 volumes, p. 144<\/li>\n
- Al\u00fe\u00fd\u00f0ubla\u00f0 Hafnarfjar\u00f0ar, 28 April 1951, p. 3<\/li>\n
- The History of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur, 1908\u20131983, 3 volumes, p. 113<\/li>\n
- Al\u00fe\u00fd\u00f0ubla\u00f0 Hafnarfjar\u00f0ar, 28 April 1951, p. 3<\/li>\n
- Al\u00fe\u00fd\u00f0ubla\u00f0 Hafnarfjar\u00f0ar, 23 June 1951, p. 4<\/li>\n
- The Morning Newspaper, 07.09.1951, p. 8<\/li>\n
- Al\u00fe\u00fd\u00f0ubla\u00f0 Hafnarfjar\u00f0ar, 15 September 1951, p. 2<\/li>\n
- Al\u00fe\u00fd\u00f0ubla\u00f0 Hafnarfjar\u00f0ar, 13 October 1951, p. 1<\/li>\n
- Al\u00fe\u00fd\u00f0ubla\u00f0 Hafnarfjar\u00f0ar, 10 November 1951, p. 1<\/li>\n
- The Morning Newspaper, 20 March 1951, p. 1<\/li>\n
- The History of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur, 1908\u20131983, 3 volumes, p. 172<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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