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Hafnarfjörður (), officially Hafnarfjarðarkaupstaður (), is a port town and municipality in
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, located about south of
Reykjavík Reykjavík ( ; ) is the capital and largest city of Iceland. It is located in southwestern Iceland, on the southern shore of Faxaflói bay. Its latitude is 64°08' N, making it the world's northernmost capital of a sovereign state. With a po ...
. The municipality consists of two non-contiguous areas in the Capital Region, on the southwest coast of the country. At about 30,000 inhabitants, Hafnarfjörður is the third-most populous city in Iceland after Reykjavík and
Kópavogur Kópavogur () is a town in Iceland that is the country's second largest municipality by population. It lies immediately south of Reykjavík and is part of the Capital Region. The name literally means ''seal pup inlet''. The town seal contains t ...
. It has established local industry and a variety of urban activities, with annual festival events.


Activities

The town is the site of an annual
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festival, where Viking culture enthusiasts from around the world display reconstructions of Viking garb, handicraft, sword-fighting and longbow shooting. It takes place in June each summer.


Local industry

Just two kilometres () outside of Hafnarfjörður is an
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, run by
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. The smelter was originally built in 1969, and it has improved its cleaning process since then, especially regarding
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. Local elections were held in May 2006, where the people of the town voted against extension of the smelter.


History

Hafnarfjörður takes its name (meaning ''
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'') from the area's excellent natural harbour. The town is built on top of
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lava field Lava fields are large, mostly flat areas of surface or subaquatic lava flows. Such features are generally composed of highly fluid basalt lava, and can extend for tens or hundreds of miles across the underlying terrain. Morphology and str ...
s erupted from the nearby
Krýsuvík volcanic system ''For the volcanic landforms around Krýsuvík, see also: Krýsuvík (volcanic system)'' Krýsuvík (also Krísuvík, both pronounced in Icelandic) is an area in Southwest Iceland at about 35 km from Reykjavík. Geography and access It i ...
, including the 8000-year-old ''Búrfellshraun'' and the much younger 2000-year-old ''Óbrinnishólabruni''. There have been no new lava flows on the site since before the
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, but the Krýsuvík system is still an active
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, last erupting in 2021 at
Fagradalsfjall Fagradalsfjall () is a tuya volcano formed in the Last Glacial Period on the Reykjanes Peninsula, around from Reykjavík, Iceland. Fagradalsfjall is also the name for the wider volcanic system covering an area wide and long between the Sv ...
further to the southwest. Hafnarfjörður is first named in the medieval
Landnámabók (, "Book of Settlements"), often shortened to , is a medieval Icelandic written work which describes in considerable detail the settlement () of Iceland by the Norse in the 9th and 10th centuries CE. is divided into five parts and ov ...
, and the earliest reports of voyages to Hafnarfjörður date from the end of the 14th century. Englishmen began trading in Hafnarfjörður in the 15th century, but German merchants followed in their wake and eventually drove the English out. In German documents, Hafnarfjörður was mentioned for the first time in 1391, and in another German document dating from 1486 the place was described as a trading place of merchants from
Hamburg Hamburg (, ; nds, label=Hamburg German, Low Saxon, Hamborg ), officially the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg (german: Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg; nds, label=Low Saxon, Friee un Hansestadt Hamborg),. is the List of cities in Germany by popul ...
for the first time. The town of Hafnarfjörður became an official member of the
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. The first Lutheran church in Iceland was raised at Háigrandi , opposite Óseyri , just outside the small boat harbour in 1533. After that, the Hanseatic traders prevailed in town until 1602, based at Hvaleyri . At this point, the Danish monarchy established a Danish trade monopoly in Iceland which lasted until late in the 18th century. During this period, Hafnarfjörður was the nation's busiest trade centre. In 1793, Bjarni Sívertsen settled here and became influential in local business and international trade, setting up a major commercial fishing operation. His enterprise and initiative signalled the start of impressive commerce in the town. Ever since, he has been called "the father of Hafnarfjörður" and nicknamed "Sir Bjarni". His house in Vesturgata street, built in 1803, was transformed into a museum (''Sívertsenshús''). Around 1870, dramatic changes took place in Icelandic fishing. Residents followed the growing trend in Iceland of using decked boats rather than row-boats. This led to even more employment and rapid growth, and Hafnarfjörður was the fifth town in Iceland to attain official municipal status in 1908. The first mayor was Páll Einarsson, who later became the mayor of
Reykjavík Reykjavík ( ; ) is the capital and largest city of Iceland. It is located in southwestern Iceland, on the southern shore of Faxaflói bay. Its latitude is 64°08' N, making it the world's northernmost capital of a sovereign state. With a po ...
. The first road between Reykjavík and Hafnarfjörður was finished in 1898. The first hydrological power plant in Iceland was built in Hafnarfjörður in 1904. In 1890 Hafnarfjörður had 616 inhabitants and it was one of the largest towns in Iceland. When Hafnarfjörður attained official municipal status on 1 June 1908 it had 1 400 inhabitants. In 1920 Hafnarfjörður had 2 366 inhabitants, in 1940 3 686, in 1960 7 160 and in 1980 12 312. The ''
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'', Iceland's first trawler, operated from Hafnarfjörður between 1905 and 1908. Its boiler stands by the
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on the junction of Reykjavíkurvegur, Strandgata and Vesturgata. A harbour for large commercial ships was raised in 1912, and the first car arrived in 1913. After
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, more advanced
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and numerous motorised ships were added to the fleet. The town's first stern trawler appeared in 1973. Today, Hafnarfjörður is one of the nation's largest fishing centres and the site of Iceland's first fish
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rs' auction market. Through the years, Hafnarfjörður's dynamic local economy has been strongly linked to fishing, although freight transport has recently become the major harbour activity. And now, the town is Iceland's second-ranked import and export harbour. Hafnarfjörður is the third largest town of Iceland, after Reykjavík and Kópavogur.


Geography


Climate

The climate in Hafnarfjörður is
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( Köppen ''Cfc'').


Local festivals


Bright days

Each year in May, th
Bright Days festival
is held. The events include short movies, concerts and usually conclude on a day commemorating the sailors of Iceland.


Viking festival

Each year on the summer
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a Viking festival is held in Hafnarfjörður. A local pub and restaurant, Fjörukráin, started the festival and maintains it to this day.


Sights

There are various old buildings left in the old town centre, e.g. ''Pakkhúsið'' , a store house dating from 1865 which houses the Museum of Navigation (''Sjóminjasafn Íslands'' ). ''Sívertsenshús'', an old dwelling house built in 1803, is the oldest building in Hafnarfjörður. It is known by the name ''Hús Bjarna riddara Sívertsen'' as well and it was transformed into a museum in 1974. ''Hafnarfjarðarkirkja'' , the oldest church in town, was consecrated in 1914. Strandgata and Fjarðargata are two old streets in the centre where some historical buildings are preserved. No. 55 of Strandargata is a former wooden store house which was built in 1841 and enlarged in 1880. No. 57 is a wooden residential building dating from 1841. St. Joseph's Church (''Sankti Jósefskirkja'' ), one of the few Roman Catholic churches in Iceland whose parish was founded in 1926, can be visited in the South of the town centre. ''Karmelklaustur'' is the only Catholic monastery in Iceland. ''Fríkirkjan í Hafnarfirði'' is a Protestant church built in 1913. ''Hafnarborg'' is a centre of arts and culture where concerts and exhibitions are organized. Hafnarfjörður boasts its own Municipal Theatre, the Icelandic Museum of Films (''Kvikmyndasafn Íslands'' ) and a Museum of Telecommunication (''Póst- og Símaminjasafnið'' ). Many Icelanders believe in
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and
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s. Hellisgerði is a small park with lava rocks in the centre of the town which is visited by many people believing that elves and trolls reside there. The northernmost
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trees of the world grow in Hellisgerði as well. ''Víðistaðatún'' is a park in the town centre which is famous for its sculptures created by Icelandic and international well-known artists. ''Víðistaðakirkja'' is a modern church, hemicycle in shape which was inaugurated in the park in 1988. The symbol of Hafnarafjörður is ''Viti'' , a lighthouse built around 1900 which can be seen in a residential area on private property.


Swimming pools

Hafnarfjörður has three swimming pools: Suðurbæjarlaug, Ásvallalaug, and Sundhöll Hafnarfjarðar.


Twin towns – sister cities

Hafnarfjörður is twinned with: *
Akureyri Akureyri (, locally ) is a town in northern Iceland. It is Iceland's fifth-largest municipality, after Reykjavík, Hafnarfjörður, Reykjanesbær and Kópavogur, and the largest town outside Iceland's more populated southwest corner. Nickn ...
, Iceland *
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, Norway *
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, Germany *
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, Denmark *
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, Finland *
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, Greenland * Juanjui,
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*
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, Estonia *
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, Faroe Islands *
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, Sweden


Sports

There are two major sport clubs in Hafnarfjörður: Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar (FH) and Knattspyrnufélagið Haukar. FH men's and
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teams have won several national championships. FH have won the Icelandic Handball league in total of 25 times and have won the cup 6 times which makes them the most successful team competing in Icelandic handball. Haukar have a magnificent history in handball with many titles. Haukar were champions in 1943, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2015 and cup holders in 1980, 1997, 2001, 2002 and 2010. Hafnarfjörður also has a gymnastics club, Fimleikafélagið Björk, established on 1 July 1951. Local swimming club, Sundfélag Hafnarfjarðar (SH), was established on 19 June 1945. The triathlon club 3SH, is part of the club.
Keilir Golf Club Keilir Golf Club is a golf club and course located in Hafnarfjördur, Iceland, on the Hvalreyi peninsula. Keilir Golf Club was established in 1967. It was originally developed as a nine-hole course by Magnus Gudmundsson. In 1971, the Swedish go ...
is an 18-hole golf club and course located on the Hvaleyri peninsula. Iceland Cricket opened the world’s northernmost cricket field in 2019 in Hafnarfjörður. At a latitude of 64.07°N, the field broke the record previously held in
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, Sweden (63.84°N) by 25km (15.5mi). It was officially inaugurated by Prime Minister of Iceland,
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.


In popular culture

In the 1986 novel ''
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'' by
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, the Soviet Union gains a dramatic strategic advantage at the beginning of the war by seizing Iceland with a Guards Airborne division transported secretly by converted freighters. When the US Marine Corps retake Iceland, they initially land at Hafnarfjörður before advancing on Keflavik. Additionally, in the novella, ''The Odd Saga of the American and a Curious Icelandic Flock'', Snorri calls Alex in the middle of the night to tell him that he is passing through Hafnarfjörður and will be picking him up shortly for a trip to
Snæfellsnes The Snæfellsnes () is a peninsula situated to the west of Borgarfjörður, in western Iceland. The Snæfellsjökull volcano, regarded as one of the symbols of Iceland, can be found in the area. With its height of 1446 m, it is the highest ...
. In 2017 a petition calling upon the Icelandic Prime Minister to erect a statue of Stefán Karl Stefánsson in his hometown of Hafnarfjörður “to forever immortalize and honor his amazing legacy” was created. After his death in 2018, there was a surge of signatures. There are now over 528,000 signatures.


Notable people

* Ólafía Einarsdóttir, first Icelander to earn a degree in archaeology *
Sveinn Eythorsson Sveinn Eythorsson ( is, Sveinn Eyþórsson; born 17 February 1964) is an Icelandic guitarist and software developer. His parents were Sigurbjörg Sveinsdóttir, from Reykjavík and Eyþór Þorláksson from Hafnarfjörður. Sveinn has developed ...
, guitarist and software developer *
Logi Geirsson Logi Eldon Geirsson (born 10 October 1982), born in Reykjavík is a retired Iceland Iceland ( is, Ísland; ) is a Nordic island country in the North Atlantic Ocean and in the Arctic Ocean. Iceland is the most sparsely popula ...
, former handballer * Ragnheiður Gestsdóttir, children's book author *
Rebekka Guðleifsdóttir Rebekka Guðleifsdóttir (born 1978) is a photographer from Iceland who was named the "Web's Top Photographer" by the Wall Street Journal on 29 July 2006. Biography She lived in Gainesville, Florida from age 4 to age 11. She currently lives i ...
, photographer, artist *
Ólafur Guðmundsson Ólafur Andrés Guðmundsson (born 13 May 1990) is an Icelandic handball player for GC Amicitia Zürich and the Icelandic national team. He represented Iceland at the 2019 World Men's Handball Championship The 2019 IHF World Men's Handball ...
, handball player *
Hildur Guðnadóttir Hildur Ingveldardóttir Guðnadóttir (born 4 September 1982) is an Icelandic musician and composer. A classically trained cellist, she has played and recorded with the bands Pan Sonic, Throbbing Gristle, Múm, and Stórsveit Nix Noltes, and ...
,
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-winning composer *
Björgvin Halldórsson Björgvin Helgi Halldórsson (Alternate names: Bó Halldórsson, Björgvin Halldórsson or Bó Hall) (born 16 April 1951) is an Icelandic pop singer from Hafnarfjörður. He represented Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1995 with the song ...
, musician *
Emil Hallfreðsson Emil Hallfreðsson (born 29 June 1984) is an Icelandic professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder or left winger for Italian club Virtus Verona and the Iceland national team. Club career Early career Primarily a left-sided mid ...
, footballer who plays for
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club
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*
Geir Hallsteinsson Geir Hallsteinsson (born 7 August 1946) is an Icelandic former handball player who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich 1972 (german: ...
, former handballer * Indie band
Jakobínarína Jakobínarína were an Icelandic six-piece indie-punk band from Hafnarfjörður near Reykjavik. Jakobinarina were formed by Ágúst Fannar Ásgeirsson, Björgvin Ingi Pétursson, Gunnar Bergmann, Hallberg Dadi Hallbergsson, Heimir Gestur Vald ...
*
Jóhanna Guðrún Jónsdóttir Jóhanna Guðrún Jónsdóttir (born 16 October 1990), known outside Iceland as Yohanna, is an Icelandic-Danish singer. Beginning her music career as a child singer, Yohanna received international recognition after representing Iceland in the ...
(Yohanna) was born in Copenhagen but raised in Hafnarfjörður, she was chosen to represent Iceland at the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 in Moscow, Russia with the song "Is It True?", earning her 2nd place *Current home to
Magnús Ver Magnússon Magnús Ver Magnússon (born 23 April 1963) is an Icelandic former powerlifter and strongman competitor. He is a four-time World's Strongest Man, having won in 1991, 1994, 1995, 1996 and is widely regarded as one of the greatest strongmen of ...
*
Aron Pálmarsson Aron Pálmarsson (born 19 July 1990) is an Icelandic handball player for FH and the Icelandic national handball team. Career Aron played his first game for FH only aged 15 years old against ÍBV in March 2006. FH won the game 30–28 and the ...
, handballer in
THW Kiel THW Kiel is a handball club from Kiel, Germany. Currently, they compete in the Handball-Bundesliga and are the record champion with 22 titles. 2007 and 2012 were the most successful years in the club's history, as THW completed the treble, wi ...
*
Sesselja Sigmundsdóttir Sesselja (Hreindís) Sigmundsdóttir (5 July 1902 - 8 November 1974) was a noted Icelandic pioneer in the fields of pedagogy and the care for the mentally disabled and founder of the Sólheimar community. After her training in education in Germ ...
(born Hafnarfjörður 5 July 1902) *
Gylfi Sigurðsson Gylfi Þór Sigurðsson (; transliterated as Gylfi Thor Sigurdsson; born 8 September 1989) is an Icelandic professional Association football, footballer who last played as an attacking midfielder for Premier League club Everton F.C., Everton. ...
, footballer currently plays for English club Everton in the
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* Sóley (musician), indie pop singer-songwriter * Stefán Karl Stefánsson, actor, most known for his role as Robbie Rotten on the Icelandic children's TV series, '' LazyTown''


See also

*
List of cities and towns in Iceland Most municipalities in Iceland include more than one settlement. For example, four localities ( Selfoss, Stokkseyri, Eyrarbakki, and Tjarnabyggð) can all be found in the municipality of Árborg. A number of municipalities only contain a single ...


References


External links

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Official website
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