In order to welcome you we have compiled information about your new hometown.
Get to know the town’s walking and cycling paths, activities and swimming pools but children under 18 get free access to pools.
Here you can find information about resources for children and families provided by the Municipality of Hafnarfjörður
Children and youth in Hafnarfjörður have access to good education, after-school activities and recreation activities.
Practical information about buses, waste collection, street cleaning, traffic, animal control and more.
Hafnarfjörður hopes to secure financial and social security for all residents. Find out what support is available.
Enjoy culture in Bæjarbíó cultural house, at various museums or attend exciting events.
You can stay at great hotels, hostels or at a family friendly campsite in town.
You can find a lot of outdoors activities and various recreations in Hafnarfjörður.
Check-out upcoming events, or register a new one.
Search for employees or available jobs in town.
Hafnarfjörður Town council consists of 11 municipal representatives. All town council meetings are broadcast live.
Here you can find the town's fees for children, sports and activities and support services.
Contact us with ideas, suggestions, problems or emergencies.
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At the end of the year, Valdimar Víðisson took over as mayor of Hafnarfjörður from Rósa Guðbjartsdóttir, who has held the position since June 2018. The change of the mayor position is in accordance with the agreement between the Independence Party and the Progressive Party after the municipal elections in May 2022. That the leader of the Independence Party would remain in the mayor’s chair until January the 1st, 2025, when the leader of the Progressive Party would take over.
At the end of the year, Valdimar Víðisson took over as mayor of Hafnarfjörður from Rósa Guðbjartsdóttir, who has held the position since June 2018. The change of the mayor position is in accordance with the agreement between the Independence Party (Sjálfstæðisflokkurinn) and the Progressive Party (Framsóknarflokkurinn) after the municipal elections in May 2022. That the leader of the Independence Party would remain in the mayor’s chair until January the 1st, 2025, when the leader of the Progressive Party would take over. Valdimar has been chairman of the town council during his term of office and Rósa will now take over that chairmanship, in addition to which she was recently elected to Alþingi.
Valdimar says that he is very much looking forward to working with residents, the community and the town’s staff, in his role as mayor. “As chairman of the town council and town councillor, I am already well acquainted with the main issues that are at the top of the agenda in the municipality. However, there is a lot on the mayor’s table that I will need to familiarize myself with in more detail, as Hafnarfjörður is a large municipality that offers extensive and diverse services to residents and business in the community. My ambition is to continue on the path of development and progress that has been set in recent years.”
Valdimar is well acquainted with municipal affairs in Hafnarfjörður. He sat as a deputy town councillor for the Progressive Party in Hafnarfjörður from 2018 to 2022 and was chairman of the family council during that period. Valdimar was elected to the town council of Hafnarfjörður in the municipal elections on May 14th, 2022 and has since been the chairman of the town council. Valdimar has also been the principal of Öldutúnsskóli for sixteen years, or since 2008. Valdimar Víðisson was born on September 10th, 1978. He is married to Sigurborg Geirdal and has one son, two stepdaughters and two grandchildren.
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