Celebrate Iceland‘s National Day with us here in Hafnarfjörður.
We offer a varied programme of events around the town.

8:00 Flags raised

Flag salute at Hamarinn and flags raised all around Hafnarfjörður.

9:00-13:00 Langeyrarmalir

The sea swimming club Urturnar guides beginners. Sauna on wheels and Sundhöll Hafnarfjarðar swimming hall open.

11:00-13:00 June 17 – Get together family event

We are going to celebrate the National Day of Iceland by baking waffles and making our own flags at the Get together center at Hafnarfjörður Church (Hafnarfjarðarkirkja).

Please come by and have some free coffee and waffles with us. All materials for the children to make their own flags will be provided.

Everyone is welcome!

Vonarhöfn – Hafnarfjörður Church
Strandgata 53
Walk in from Suðurgata

Get together is run by GETA – aid organization that supports asylum seekers and refugees living in Hafnarfjörður and the surrounding area. The organization is run by volunteers in collaboration with Hafnarfjörður Church and Hafnarborg Cultural Centre. Get together provides support to all refugees and asylum seekers, regardless of religion or nationality. Through regular open houses and events, we aim to break the social isolation of refugees and promote a positive multicultural society.

 

13:00 Parade from Flensborgarskólinn

The Parade starts at Flensborgarskólinn and walks down Hringbraut, Lækjargata and Strandgata and stops at Thorsplan. Hafnarfjörður Brass Band, scouts and vikings lead the parade.

12:00 Bókasafn Hafnarfjarðar

Welcome to the Library on National Day! Music, coffe and donuts all day long. The Maid of the Mountain (Fjallkona) will put on the golden belt and the head piece at 12:30.

13:00-16:00 The sports hall at Strandgata

Hafnarfjörður Badminton club invites guests to visit the sports hall at Strandgata from 13:00 to 17:00. You will be able to try badminton and ping pong and take part in fun games. It will be possible to buy waffles, chocolate cakes and coffee at the BH café.

13:30 -16:30 Thorsplan town square

The festivities in the center of Hafnarfjörður begin with a formal program and entertainment at Thorsplan town square.

• Kl. 13:30Karlakórinn Þrestir / Þrestir men‘s choir
• Kl. 13:35 Address by Hafnarfjörður‘s „Fjallkona“ – the maid of the mountain
• kl. 13:45 Opening of the celebration – Rósa Guðbjartsdóttir mayor
• 13:55 Lára og Ljónsi
• 14:15 Sirkus Íslands
• Kl. 14: 40 Viking battle – Rimmugýgur
• 15:00 Little Menace
• 15:25 Listdansskóli Hafnarfjarðar / Hafnarfjörður dance school show
• 15:35 Karen Björg Ingólfsdóttir sings a song from the musical Singing in the Rain
• 15:40 LazyTown – Sportacus and Stephanie
• 16:10 Magician Einar Aron

Presenter: Eygló Hilmarsdóttir

13:30-16:30 Hörðuvellir

• Carousel – a great sixteen people amusement ride for all ages! Free admission!
• Bouncy castles
• Meet the Snow princess and the Mountain man
• Facepaint
• Sale stalls and food trucks

13:30 -16:30 Austurgata festival

Residents of Austurgata welcome you to their street.

11:00-18:00 Víðistaðatún

The Hafnarfjörður viking festival this year will be held from the 14th to the 18th of June at Viðistaðatún. The program will include an open market, viking fights, games, music, crafts and a viking school for kids, among other things.

11:00-17:00 Hafnarfjörður museum is open

• Pakkhúsið, Vesturgötu 6, new exhibition about the first collector from Hafnarfjörður, exhibition about the history of Hafnarfjörður and exhibition of toys.
• 14:00 Hafnarfjörður brass band plays
• Beggubúð is the location of the Museum of Commerce, part of Hafnarfjörður Museum.
• Sívertsen’s House shows how an upper-class family in Hafnarfjörður lived at the beginning of the 19th century.
• At “Siggubær” you can experience and get to know how the common people of the town lived at the at the beginning of the 20th century.
• The Bookless Bungalow was built in 1918. It was the residence of Harry and Douglas Bookless, Scottish brothers who ran an extensive fisheries operation based in Hafnarfjörður in the first half of the 20th century.
• This path around the harbour passes one of Hafnarfjörður Museum’s exhibition centres.

Hrafnista/Sólvangur

Elvis Iceland sings in nursing homes

Streets and squares

• Children can try horse riding with Sörli at the end of Austurgata.
• Bouncy castles open all over the festival area
• Reykjavík Street Food food trucks at Thorsplan
• Unexpected events by the Art Group of the Hafnarfjörður Work School.

 

16:00 FRÍKIRKJAN – ÞAU

The band ÞAU will perform at Fríkirkjan, june 17th! The artists and musicians Garðar Borgþórsson and Rakel Björk Björnsdóttir form the Icelandic band ÞAU. ÞAU combines the gifts of theatre and music through old Icelandic poems and story-telling. Adventures come to life and the past meets the present. Old long forgotten voices merge with young voices full of curiosity.

 

19:00-22:00 Evening Concert at Thorsplan

An evening program in the heart of Hafnarfjörður. Young musicians perform mixed with other more experienced ones.

• Kl. 19:00 Young artist warm up
• 19:45 Gunnella Hólmarsdóttir
• 20:00 Sigga Ózk
• 20:15 Prettyboitjokkó
• 20:30 Svala Björgvinsdóttir
• 21:00 Páll Óskar

Presenter: Eygló Hilmarsdóttir

 

Traffic closures

The city center will be closed to car traffic during the festivities:

• Strandgata by Lækjargata
• Linnetsstígur by Fjarðargata and Hverfisgata 23
• Austurgata from Linnetsstígur
• Mjósund by Austurgata
• Tjarnabraut from Arnarhraun to Lækjarskóli
• Disabled parking spots at Linnetsstígur 1

Residents are encouraged to park legally near the city center, walk or take the bus. We point out the many parking spots by the harbour, Lækjarskóli, Tækniskólinn, Flensborgarskólinn, Íþróttahúsið by Strandgata and Víðistaðaskóli.

 

Þjóðhátíðarnefnd

Kristjana Ósk Jónsdóttir
Einar Gauti Jóhannsson
Sigurður Pétur Sigmundsson

Framkvæmdanefnd

Tinna Dahl Christiansen
Geir Bjarnason
Margrét Gauja Magnúsdóttir
Stella Björg Kristinsdóttir
Bergþór Snær Gunnarsson

 

The program could change without notice and new events can be added or canceled.