29. May - 21. July 2008
In 1908 – 1469 residents:
Hafnarfjörður gained its municipal rights on 1st of June in 1908. That same day was the first meeting of electors held in the Good Templers house on Suðurgata. The meeting began at midday and finished three hours later. Twenty five people came to the polling station however it is considered that 400 people were on the electoral register/poll-book. In Kvásar, the newly established local paper, says that ‘the town’s residents were generally happy with the election, only one party was listed in the election all good and active men’. One of the first projects of the council was to put up manure tanks around the town since the drinking water was polluted and typhus was around so that the new doctor was very busy indeed. The Salvation Army made a mark on the town and so did the two police officers who had been hired. Apparently both of them were athletes and their police costumes were very noticable. 109 children were at the primary school and the youngsters were active in the sports life, learning glíma, i.e. Icelandic wrestling at the YMCA. The results were shown on the National Day of Iceland 17th of June. The town people made their living on fishing and their first trawler was Coot which stranded near Keilisnes.
HUNDRED - Photos from Hafnarfjordur
The Heritage museum in Hafnarfjordur has collected many photos of the town and its residents. An exhibition with photos from the museum is now on a display at Hafnarborg along with some anecdotes that accompany each photo. Below one can see an example of an anecdote.In 1908 – 1469 residents:
Hafnarfjörður gained its municipal rights on 1st of June in 1908. That same day was the first meeting of electors held in the Good Templers house on Suðurgata. The meeting began at midday and finished three hours later. Twenty five people came to the polling station however it is considered that 400 people were on the electoral register/poll-book. In Kvásar, the newly established local paper, says that ‘the town’s residents were generally happy with the election, only one party was listed in the election all good and active men’. One of the first projects of the council was to put up manure tanks around the town since the drinking water was polluted and typhus was around so that the new doctor was very busy indeed. The Salvation Army made a mark on the town and so did the two police officers who had been hired. Apparently both of them were athletes and their police costumes were very noticable. 109 children were at the primary school and the youngsters were active in the sports life, learning glíma, i.e. Icelandic wrestling at the YMCA. The results were shown on the National Day of Iceland 17th of June. The town people made their living on fishing and their first trawler was Coot which stranded near Keilisnes.