{"id":14933,"date":"2022-02-11T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-11T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/hallo-hafnarfjordur-gjof-til-nyfaeddra-hafnfirdinga\/"},"modified":"2022-09-26T15:18:51","modified_gmt":"2022-09-26T15:18:51","slug":"hello-hafnarfjordur-a-gift-for-newborn-residents-of-hafnarfjordur","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/hallo-hafnarfjordur-gjof-til-nyfaeddra-hafnfirdinga\/","title":{"rendered":"Hello Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur \u2013 a gift for newborn residents of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>35 babies have been born in Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur since the New Year.<\/h4>\n<p paraid=\"1470240559\" paraeid=\"{4864e1be-f52d-418f-b26a-c9683208beb5}{180}\">From 1 January 2022, newborn residents of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur will receive a symbolic and beautiful gift from their town, or a so-called \u201ecute basket\u201c. The gift is part of an initiative to further establish Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur as a family-friendly community and to welcome newborn residents to the world in a formal and memorable way. 35 new residents of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur have been born since the turn of the year, and it was deemed appropriate that the first resident of the year and the newborn daughter of the 2021 Artist in Residence of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur should receive the first gifts. Mayor R\u00f3sa Gu\u00f0bjartsd\u00f3ttir and Valdimar V\u00ed\u00f0isson, chairman of the Family Council, visited the families and presented them with a gift, flowers and cakes, along with heartfelt congratulations from the City of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur. Parents of other January babies will receive a message about the gift in the coming days.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p paraid=\"1470240559\" paraeid=\"{4864e1be-f52d-418f-b26a-c9683208beb5}{180}\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/5o5a6280-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Five-oh-five-A-six-two-eight-oh\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 2048px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 2048\/1366;\"><\/p>\n<p paraid=\"1926848594\" paraeid=\"{4864e1be-f52d-418f-b26a-c9683208beb5}{248}\"><sup>The first person born in Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur this year, Ey\u00fe\u00f3r \u00c1rni Matth\u00edasson, was born on 1 January. His parents are Alma J\u00f3nsd\u00f3ttir and Matth\u00edas \u00c1rni Ingimarsson.<\/sup><\/p>\n<p paraid=\"1926848594\" paraeid=\"{4864e1be-f52d-418f-b26a-c9683208beb5}{248}\"><em>\u201eHafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur is a great family town, and all our decisions and actions are aimed at serving residents of all ages well. With this beautiful gift, we wish to warmly congratulate the new parents on their new arrival and welcome the child to the world. Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur is a sea of possibilities for health, experience and entertainment for all age groups. With this gift, we also wish to draw the attention of families in particular to the services available to them within the town's boundaries.\u201c <\/em>says R\u00f3sa Gu\u00f0bjartsd\u00f3ttir, Mayor of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur.<\/p>\n<p paraid=\"1926848594\" paraeid=\"{4864e1be-f52d-418f-b26a-c9683208beb5}{248}\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/5o5a6251-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Five-O-Five A-Six Two-Five-One\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 2048px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 2048\/1366;\"><sup>Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur's 2021 Artist in Residence, Fri\u00f0rik D\u00f3r J\u00f3nsson, and his wife, L\u00edsa Hafli\u00f0ad\u00f3ttir, welcomed their daughter, Hrafnhildur Fri\u00f0riksd\u00f3ttir, on 5 January.<\/sup><\/p>\n<h4>Environmental considerations, usability and gender neutrality guide the selection of products. <\/h4>\n<p paraid=\"1833801527\" paraeid=\"{e58c2f37-e84a-4bb7-b62d-0f0de6bcb0b8}{71}\">The gift,<br \/>\nwhich has been called the cuddle basket, contains clothing for the baby,<br \/>\na cuddly teddy bear and two books, one for the parents and another for the child. It is about<br \/>\nA discussion of a bib, cap, socks and an apron bearing the inscription. <strong>Hello Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur<\/strong>. In deciding on the contents of the gift, environmental considerations, usability and gender neutrality were among the guiding principles. Parents of newborns in Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur receive a postcard from the town inviting them to collect a gift from the children's section of the Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur Library. The children's department was considered the perfect place for the handover, as the library offers a pleasant environment for reading, learning, relaxation, chatting and socialising for new parents. The postcard also features a QR code that leads parents to a page on the town's website with information in both Icelandic and English about the services and opportunities available to children and families in Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur. Information on walking routes, playgrounds, interesting places in Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur, day-care providers, nurseries, events and other useful information.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>35 Hafnfir\u00f0ingar hafa komi\u00f0 \u00ed heiminn fr\u00e1 \u00e1ram\u00f3tum Fr\u00e1 og me\u00f0 1. jan\u00faar 2022 munu n\u00fdf\u00e6ddir Hafnfir\u00f0ingar f\u00e1 t\u00e1knr\u00e6na og fallega gj\u00f6f fr\u00e1 b\u00e6num s\u00ednum e\u00f0a svokalla\u00f0a &#8222;kr\u00fattk\u00f6rfu&#8220;. Gj\u00f6fin er li\u00f0ur \u00ed \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 efla Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0 enn frekar sem fj\u00f6lskylduv\u00e6nt samf\u00e9lag og bj\u00f3\u00f0a n\u00fdf\u00e6dda Hafnfir\u00f0inga velkomna \u00ed heiminn me\u00f0 formlegum og eftirminnilegum h\u00e6tti. 35 n\u00fdir [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19051,"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-14933","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\/14933","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"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14933"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14933\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19051"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14933"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14933"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14933"}],"curies":[{"name":"WordPress","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}